What if you find your identity card or passport after the declaration of loss or theft?
Verified 09 April 2025 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister), Ministry of the Interior
If you have made a declaration of loss or theft of an identity card or passport, the title is invalidated in a computerized manner.
Your identity card or passport therefore cannot be used, because its invalidation is irreversible.
Information concerning the loss or theft of the identity document is transmitted at international level (Interpol and the Schengen Information System). So you won't be able to use it for travel.
You must apply for a new ID card or passport.
What about the title you find after the declaration of loss or theft?
General case
The identity card or passport found must be sent by mail or deposited on the spot at the prefecture of your choice.
In Paris
You can send or deposit your identity card or passport at the PParis police refecture.
You can also send or deposit your title in any service of the Paris City Hall or in a prefecture.