Rental agreements and tenancy documents in Romania
A private landlord in Romania registers a residential lease (contract de închiriere) with the tax authority, ANAF, within 30 days of signing, on form C168, and registers any later change within the same period. It matters beyond tax: a lease signed privately and registered with the tax authority is an enforcement title for the rent under art. 1798 of the Civil Code, so unpaid rent can be enforced without first suing for it. The fixed-term agreement suits a set period, the open-ended agreement a let with no end date, and the room rental agreement a single room in a shared home. To change the rent, both sides sign the rent change addendum.
A tenant may end even a fixed-term lease by written notice of at least 60 days, and a clause allowing less has no effect. A landlord may end an open-ended lease with monthly rent on at least 60 days' notice, but a fixed-term one only if the agreement allows it, and only for the housing needs of the landlord or their family. Each side has its own document: the tenant's notice and the landlord's notice. Subletting a home needs the landlord's written consent, which the request to sublet collects on the same sheet, and the notice of defects asks for repairs and a lower rent.
Until proven otherwise, the law presumes that the tenant received the home fit for use, and at the end the tenant returns it in the condition received, apart from wear due to age. That is why the move-in record and the move-out record are the evidence of what may be kept from the deposit. If the deposit is not returned, the deposit demand gives the landlord 15 days to pay and, sent by bailiff or by registered post with declared contents and acknowledgment of receipt, is the summons required before a court payment order. The documents are in Romanian, and each document's page describes it in English; fill them in online for a finished PDF, or download them blank.
The documents
11 forms available to fill out or download.
Notice of defects in a rented home, with a rent reduction request (Romania)
The notice in which a tenant in Romania tells the landlord about defects in the home — a broken installation, leaks, heating that does not work — and asks for them to be fixed by a set date. Because the defects reduce the use of the home, it also asks for a proportionate rent reduction, under the landlord's warranty in arts. 1790–1791 of the Civil Code.
Request for the landlord's consent to sublet (Romania)
The request in which a tenant in Romania asks the landlord's written consent to sublet the home or part of it: to whom, what exactly and for how long. The document ends with a section in which the landlord gives consent by signing, so the request and the answer stay on the same sheet.
Move-out handover record at the end of a tenancy (Romania)
The record made at move-out, when the tenant hands a Romanian rented home back: its condition, any damage beyond ordinary wear, the meter readings, the keys returned and the deposit — the amount paid, how much is kept and why, and when the rest is returned. Signed by both sides, it closes the tenancy with no unwritten claims left over.
Demand for the return of a rental deposit (Romania)
The letter in which a former tenant in Romania demands back a deposit the landlord has not returned. It is written as a summons under art. 1015 of the Code of Civil Procedure — with 15 days to pay — so that, sent by registered post with declared contents and acknowledgment of receipt, it opens the way to a payment order if the money is not returned.
Rent change addendum to a rental agreement (Romania)
The addendum by which a landlord and tenant change the rent under an existing Romanian tenancy. The rent cannot be raised unilaterally: the new amount, the date it applies from and the confirmation that the rest of the agreement stands are signed by both. The landlord registers the change with ANAF within 30 days on form C168.
Move-in handover record for a rented home (Romania)
The record made at move-in, when the landlord hands a Romanian rented home to the tenant: the condition of each room, the furnishings handed over, the electricity, gas, water and heating meter readings, the number of keys and any visible defects. It is an annex to the rental agreement and the main proof of the home's condition at the start — the one that decides, at move-out, what may be kept from the deposit.
Landlord's notice ending a rental agreement (Romania)
The notice by which a landlord ends a Romanian residential tenancy. An open-ended agreement can be ended with at least 60 days' notice; a fixed-term one only if the agreement allows it, and only for the housing needs of the landlord or their family. The notice states the reason, the end date and how the home and keys are to be handed back.
Tenant's notice ending a rental agreement (Romania)
The notice by which a tenant ends a Romanian residential tenancy. The Civil Code lets a tenant end even a fixed-term agreement with at least 60 days' notice, and a clause setting a shorter period has no effect. The notice gives the end date, proposes a date to hand the home back against a handover record, and asks for the deposit to be returned.
Room rental agreement (Romania)
For renting a single room in a Romanian home — one the owner lives in, or where other rooms are let too. The agreement describes the room, the shared areas and the house rules, sets how utilities are split, and ties the deposit to a handover record. Like any Romanian tenancy, it is registered with ANAF within 30 days.
Open-ended home rental agreement (Romania)
A Romanian residential tenancy between private individuals with no end date: rent, deposit, utilities, each side's obligations and a handover record. Either side may end it with at least 60 days' written notice, and the rent changes only by a signed addendum. It provides for registration with ANAF within 30 days (form C168), which makes it an enforcement title for the rent.
Fixed-term home rental agreement (Romania)
A Romanian residential tenancy between private individuals for a set period: rent and payment day, deposit, utilities, each side's obligations and a handover record when the home is handed over and returned. It provides for registration with ANAF within 30 days (form C168) — after which it is an enforcement title for the rent under art. 1798 of the Civil Code — and for early termination with the 60 days' notice the law requires.