Until now, whether you had to register your gîte depended entirely on your commune. From 20 May 2026 the answer is the same for everyone: yes.
What changes
Two regimes existed side by side: a simple declaration at the town hall in most communes, and a registration number in those that had introduced one. They merge into a single national online service, compulsory across the whole country, with supporting documents required for the first time.
What to prepare
The exact address and land-registry reference, whether the property is a main or second home, proof of ownership or of the right to let, and your rating certificate if the property is rated. For a main residence, a tax document will be asked for.
None of it is exotic — these are documents you already have. The only real risk is discovering on the eve of an arrival that the ownership deed is still at the notary's office.
What it costs to ignore
Failure to declare: up to €450. Breach of the registration rules: up to €5,000 per owner and €12,500 per online listing. Unauthorised change of use, where required: up to €100,000 per property — the figure that doubled at the end of 2024.
The distance between €450 and €100,000 is not an accident: it separates a forgotten form from turning a home into tourist accommodation in a town short of housing. The first is paperwork, the second a planning authorisation.
What it changes for your website
Your registration number has to appear on your listings. On your own site it is entered once in your dashboard and shown automatically on the property page — that is what the legal-information field of your listing is for. If you advertise on platforms as well, the same number goes in each listing: one number, several places, and it must match.
Sources
- Guide pratique 2025 de la réglementation des meublés de tourisme, 1 September 2025.
- Service-Public / DGE, checked 21 May 2026.