{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Ma\u00eetre Reda Kohen, Real Estate and Business Law Attorney in Paris","provider_url":"https:\/\/kohenavocats.fr\/en\/","author_name":"Kohen","author_url":"https:\/\/kohenavocats.fr\/en\/author\/kohenmlk\/","title":"Adverse Possession in France: How Property Can Be Lost or Gained Through Prescription (Usucapion)","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"qfSmMwVbcX\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kohenavocats.fr\/en\/2026\/08\/12\/adverse-possession-usucapion-french-property-foreign-buyers\/\">Adverse Possession in France: How Property Can Be Lost or Gained Through Prescription (Usucapion)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/kohenavocats.fr\/en\/2026\/08\/12\/adverse-possession-usucapion-french-property-foreign-buyers\/embed\/#?secret=qfSmMwVbcX\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Adverse Possession in France: How Property Can Be Lost or Gained Through Prescription (Usucapion)&#8221; &#8212; Ma\u00eetre Reda Kohen, Real Estate and Business Law Attorney in Paris\" data-secret=\"qfSmMwVbcX\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/kohenavocats.fr\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/kohenavocats.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/jsb-co-sz1m9nwdXKw-unsplash.webp","thumbnail_width":5000,"thumbnail_height":3333,"description":"Every buyer of French property assumes that what they purchase matches exactly what appears in the titre de propri\u00e9t\u00e9 (deed of ownership). The boundary is where the cadastral plan says it is; the garden wall marks the limit; the neighbour cannot claim a strip of land they do not own. This assumption is broadly correct [&hellip;]"}