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10. Ownership Structures for Buying Property in France - Conclusion

10.3. Summary of Property Ownership Options in France

We can summarise the general advice we have given in previous pages in the following table:

Table: French Property Ownership Options

Status	Non-Resident	Resident
Married	Indivision + marriage contract	Indivision + marriage contract
Civil Partnership	SCI	En Tontine or Indivision with 'life interest'
Free Union	SCI	SCI or Indivision with 'life interest'
Unrelated	SCI	SCI

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