Declaration of loss
To declare on your honour the loss of a document or an item.
The template text in French (the one on the document) — « Déclaration de perte »
The document starts with « Je soussigné(e) [your name], born on…, residing at…, » (I, the undersigned) … « atteste sur l'honneur que : »
j'ai perdu le [date], à [lieu], le document ou l'objet suivant : [description].
Cette attestation est établie pour servir et valoir ce que de droit.
Translation (to understand)
I lost the following document or item on [date], at [place]: [description].
This declaration is issued to serve whatever legal purpose it may.
When to use it? Badge, membership card, key, student card, internal document: when the organisation accepts a sworn statement.
Good to know: for an ID card, passport or driving licence, the declaration is made on official websites (ANTS) or at the town hall; for a theft, at the police station.