Papers taken into French region's capital (10)
I believe the answer is:
providence
'capital' is the definition.
(state capital of Rhode Island)
'papers taken into french region's' is the wordplay.
'papers' becomes 'ID' (short for identification papers).
'taken into' indicates putting letters inside.
'french region' becomes 'provence' (I've seen this before).
'id' inserted within 'provence' is 'PROVIDENCE'.
(Other definitions for providence that I've seen before include "fortune" , "US state capital" , "tender care" .)