French notary fees by département: 5%, 4.5% or 3.8%

Only the transfer duties. Their rate adds up three things: the département rate, a 1.20% municipal tax and 2.37% of the département rate for the State’s collection costs.

The rest stays the same. The notary is paid on a national scale: €2,394 including VAT for €200,000. The property security contribution is €200, and disbursements come to around €1,400; the notary settles the exact amount after the sale.

Yes, if the département has voted 5%. The law sets aside the increase in one case only: a first purchase of a main home. The buyer then pays 4.50%, i.e. €1,024 less on €200,000.

“First purchase” is about the main home, not property in general: not having owned your main home during the two years before buying. A landlord who lets three flats and rents their own home keeps 4.50% for that home. For a fourth flat to let, it is 5%.

Buying as two, the rule is read share by share: joint owners, PACS partners or spouses with separate property, each for their own share. Spouses under community property must both meet the condition. Savoie goes further for a first purchase: 4.00%, i.e. €10,590 in duties on €200,000.

Yes. Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes, Ardèche, Charente, Drôme, Lozère, Oise, Hautes-Pyrénées, Saône-et-Loire, Guadeloupe and Mayotte can still vote 5%. A vote sent to the prefecture by 30 November 2026 applies from 1 January 2027; from December 2026 to April 2027, from the first day of the second following month.

What counts is the date of the deed at the notary, not the date of the preliminary contract. A compromis signed at 4.50% can close at 5% if the vote falls in between. The DGFiP table online is dated 1 June 2026; the notary applies the one in force on the day of the deed.