Law Dijon

Based at the Marbotte Plaza, the Côte-d'Or Chamber of Notaries is now one of three chambers of the Chambre interdépartementale des notaires de la cour d'appel de Dijon, which covers the departments of Côte-d'Or, Haute-Marne and Saône-et-Loire. The president of the interdepartmental chamber is assisted by three vice-presidents. This is a national reorganization that groups chambers by legal region. As far as the Côte d'Or is concerned, nothing has changed for the practical side of the notaries' clientele. Maître Nicolas Taiclet, notaire in Nuits-Saint-Georges, is vice-president of the Côte-d'Or.

In addition to the notary's institutional role in drafting real estate deeds and arbitrating family law disputes, he also has an often overlooked advisory role. With their technical, tax and legal knowledge, notaries can meet with you, usually free of charge, to advise you and answer your questions about the family, real estate price trends and the pitfalls to be avoided.

The notary puts your interests first, and guarantees the legal security of your deeds. The Côte-d'Or Chamber of Notaries, which has a network of 147 notaries working in 61 offices, also organizes open days and local universities, bringing together all the Chamber's Côte-d'Or staff for training on new legislation and on-call duty.

The notaries' website - immobilier.notaires.fr - provides access to a barometer of prices for existing properties, as well as a wide range of exclusive advice and services, such as Immo-Interactif, interactive sales held over the Internet in the form of auctions reserved for pre-selected potential buyers.

Adil 21: ADIL (Agence Départementale pour l'Information sur le Logement) is an indispensable resource and information center for anyone looking to build, buy, sell, rent or renovate! Consult the legal experts at your ADIL: they'll give you free, neutral, high-quality advice on legal, tax and financing issues. Thinking of buying a property? ADIL can offer you a personalized financial study (access to PTZ, tax credits, etc.), and help you examine the legal framework for your purchase. Are you a tenant or owner? Adil's team of legal experts is on hand to provide you with information on housing legislation and case law. If you're a co-owner, Adil can explain how co-ownership works and the role of the various players involved. The association's aim is to provide you with all the information you need to make an informed decision. Personalized advice by appointment.

Adil advises on home renovation and adaptation. If you live outside Dijon Métropole, Adil 21 will check whether you meet the ANAH's means-testing criteria for the various energy renovation grants, and will direct you to energy renovation operators.

At the same time, Adil 21 acts as a "gateway" for adaptation assistance.

Adil 21 can also help youwith the PSLA homeownership scheme in Dijon. This social loan is designed for low-income households. From being tenants of their own home, they gradually become homeowners. The scheme offers numerous advantages (reduced VAT, capped selling price for the purchase of the home, exemption from property tax for 15 years) and protects the buyer: buy-back guarantee, resale insurance, rehousing guarantee. As with all home-ownership projects, Adil can advise you on your PSLA projects.

For furtherinformation, contact the Dijon Métropole Housing Department on 03 80 50 35 30.

The Chambre interdépartementale des notaires de la cour d'appel de Dijon, like the Notaires de France, is promoting a new way of selling real estate: the vente notariale interactive (VNI), also known as Immo-Interactif. The method is a kind of Internet auction, organized and secured by notaries who are members of the notarial real estate negotiation network. The seller and his notary determine the presentation value of the property, which corresponds to the price defined jointly during the appraisal, reduced by around 10 to 15%. The aim is to make the property attractive to buyers, but the seller is never obliged to sell below the appraisal price. The seller and his notary also define the conditions and timetable for the sale, and sign an exclusive mandate for a period of 45 days. During this period, the notary carries out a traditional sale process: online advertising on the www.immobilier.notaires.fr website (Immo-Interactif section), on various real estate websites, in the press and on billboards, and showing the property to potential buyers. During the visits, interested buyers receive electronic approval to participate in the online sale when the time comes. The sale then takes place over a 24-hour period, during which potential buyers who have received approval during their visit can formulate an offer to purchase. The process is totally transparent: seller and buyers can watch the bids being made online, and they appear in real time on the online sales floor. The seller has all the information on the buyers, and chooses the offer that suits him best, but which is not necessarily the most expensive. Indeed, some sellers prefer the security of the transaction to the price. He then signs a promesse de vente with his notary. Thanks to its speed and transparency, and because it is secured by the notary, the Immo-Interactif sale is perfectly suited to local authorities, associations, sales by people under guardianship, and also in conflict situations that sometimes arise in inheritance or divorce. Immo-interactif sales guarantee that the seller will sell at the market price.

Since March 2015, the Regional Council of Notaries of the Dijon Court of Appeal has inaugurated its Notarial Mediation Center.

This center offers assistance in the amicable resolution of a family, commercial, professional or neighborhood dispute through mediation. A mediator is appointed to facilitate dialogue between the parties, who find their own solutions. Less traumatic, faster and more economical than most legal procedures, the cost of a mediation is fixed by an hourly rate and a fixed amount of file fees, divided equally between the parties.

The 21st Century Justice Modernization Act, which came into effect at the end of 2016, reaffirmed the principle of justice favoring alternative dispute resolution through mediation.