There's no no time limit to withdraw a complaint.

Withdrawal may take place at any time of criminal procedure:

• Above all police investigation

• During the police investigation (flagrancy investigation, preliminary investigation or survey on letters rogatory of the investigating judge)
• Before the court, when the offender is brought before it for trial.

Withdrawal takes place by any means (letter, statement on record, withdrawal of formation of civil party).

To withdraw the complaint, you can surrender at the police station of police or to the gendarmerie brigade where it was dropped off.

The withdrawal of your complaint can also be made with the public prosecutor the court to which you addressed it or to which the police or gendarmerie services transmitted it.

In this case, the withdrawal of your complaint is done by mail (simple letter or registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt) that you address or drop to the competent court of law.

Your email must contain maximum information (date of complaint, number of minutes, date of the facts, name of the parties...) and the reasons of your withdrawal request.

If you withdraw a complaint and it comes forward and it's an indictable offense, the process continues.

The Public Prosecutor informed of the withdrawal of the complaint may decide to continue the author of the facts since his role is to ensure compliance with the law. Your willingness to stop the proceedings has no effect on the choice of the public prosecutor.