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Ending a lease: notice, letters and the deposit

Moving out, or got notice from your landlord? Put in a few dates to see when the lease ends, whether a notice holds and when your money comes back. Then print a letter in Czech, with a translation to check it against.

Your lease
Your notice

Your lease ends on

31 January 2027

Hand the flat over that day.

Counts as delivered
25 October 2026
Notice period runs from
1 November 2026

Hand it over by 31 October 2026 for the same end.

What to do next

  1. Fill in the letter below, print it and sign it.
  2. Hand it over and have your landlord sign and date your copy.
  3. Agree the handover day. Write a handover record (předávací protokol) with the meter readings and photos, and give back every key.
  4. Ask for the deposit and the service charges back: see “Getting the deposit back”.

Your letter

Notice ending the lease

Fill in your details: they stay in this page and aren’t sent or saved anywhere. The letter is in Czech, the language it’s sent in, with a translation to check it against.

Nájemce

………………………

………………………

Pronajímatel

………………………

………………………

……………………… dne 25. října 2026

Výpověď z nájmu bytu

Vážená paní, vážený pane,

na základě nájemní smlouvy ze dne ……………………… mám v nájmu byt na adrese ………………………. Nájem byl sjednán na dobu neurčitou.

Podle § 2231 a § 2286 občanského zákoníku tímto nájem bytu vypovídám. Výpovědní doba činí 3 měsíce a počíná běžet prvním dnem kalendářního měsíce následujícího poté, co Vám výpověď dojde. Dojde-li Vám výpověď nejpozději 31. října 2026, skončí nájem dnem 31. ledna 2027.

Byt Vám předám v den skončení nájmu. Navrhuji, abychom při předání sepsali předávací protokol se stavy měřidel.

S pozdravem

podpis………………………

Výpověď převzata dne: ……………………… Podpis pronajímatele: ………………………

Prints the letter alone: the Czech text, then the translation.

Read the guide to Czech leases

How the dates are worked out

Every date comes from the Civil Code and the Services Act as they read on 19 October 2026, with the public holidays of the Public Holidays Act. Each rule is listed below with its section.

The rules

  • A lease with no end date ends 3 months after notice, counted from the first day of the month after the notice arrives (§2231, §2286).
  • A posted letter counts as delivered on the 3rd working day after posting, the 15th if it goes abroad (§573). Working days skip weekends and public holidays, Easter included.
  • A deadline in months ends on the same-numbered day, or the month’s last day, and moves to the next working day when it falls on a day off (§605, §607).
  • A landlord’s notice is checked for its form, its reason and the note on objecting (§2286, §2288, §2291). Whether the reason is true is for a court.
  • The service charges are settled within 4 months of the billing period’s end, and the money within 4 months of the settlement (Act 67/2013 §7).

What it leaves out

  • Notice from a landlord’s side: the tool checks a notice you received, it doesn’t write one for a landlord.
  • A room in the landlord’s own home, service flats and commercial leases, which have their own rules.
  • Anything your lease adds: a different notice period it may give you, or penalties.
  • Court filings: for those, talk to a lawyer or a tenants’ association.

Every rule and its source

Each figure comes from the law, read on the date shown.

Questions

Ending a lease, answered

How much notice do I give to end a lease in Czechia?

For a lease with no end date, 3 months, and you needn’t give a reason. The period starts on the first day of the month after your landlord receives the notice, so notice that arrives on 25 October 2026 ends the lease on 31 January 2027.

Can I leave a fixed-term lease early?

Not by ordinary notice. You may give notice only if things changed so much that you can’t reasonably be asked to stay (Civil Code §2287), which is hard to rely on. The usual way is an agreement with your landlord on an end day, often helped by finding the next tenant.

Can I give notice by email?

Notice must be in writing and reach your landlord (§2286). A signed letter handed over against a signature, or sent by registered post, is the safe way, because you can prove when it arrived. An email without a recognised electronic signature may not hold up in a dispute.

Can my landlord give me notice without a reason?

No. A landlord’s notice must be in writing, give one of the reasons in §2288 and tell you that you can object and ask a court to review it. Using the flat themselves, or for a close relative, is a reason only for a lease with no end date. You have 2 months to ask a court.

When do I get my deposit back?

When the lease ends, less what you owe from it, with interest from the day you paid it (§2254). The service charges come later: the landlord settles them within 4 months of the billing period’s end, and the money follows within 4 months of the settlement.

What if I stay after the lease ends?

You owe your landlord the rent for every day until you hand the flat over (§2295). On a lease with an end date, staying 3 months without a written request to leave renews the lease for the same term, at most 2 years (§2285).

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