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Lease termination letter template for Luxembourg

Tenant's notice to end the leaseLettre de résiliation du bail par le locataire

The tenant's letter that ends a residential lease. The notice period is 3 months, unless the lease sets a longer one. A fixed-term lease ends this way only at its term. Once the term has passed, the lease runs for an indefinite period and the tenant can leave at any time with 3 months' notice.

Use it when you rent your home and want to leave. You need no reason. Check first whether your lease is still in its fixed term: if so, the notice can only end it on the end date, unless the lease has an early-exit clause (often called a diplomatic clause) or the landlord agrees. In a legal co-tenancy, use the co-tenant variant and also notify the other co-tenants. The landlord's notice follows other rules: only on a legal ground, and 6 months for own or family use.

Reviewed October 28, 2026. Not legal advice. Have a notary or lawyer check your case before you sign.

Key facts

Applies to
Whole country
Notice period
3 months, unless the written lease sets a longer period (Code civil art. 1736).
Fixed-term lease
Ends only at its term, with notice at least 3 months before the end date, unless the lease has an early-exit clause or the landlord agrees.
After the fixed term
The lease continues for an indefinite period. The tenant can leave at any time with 3 months' notice (loi du 21.09.2006, art. 12).
Co-tenant leaving alone
3 months' notice, to the landlord and at the same time to the other co-tenants. The co-tenant must look for a replacement (art. 2quinquies).
End of a co-tenant's liability
When a replacement signs the amendment, or at the end of the notice if the co-tenant proves an active search (art. 2sexies).
Latest end of that liability
3 months after the notice ends (art. 2sexies).
Landlord's grounds
Only own or family use, a breach by the tenant, or another serious and legitimate reason (art. 12).
Landlord's notice for own use
6 months, for own or family use, by reasoned registered letter quoting art. 12, paragraph 3.
Deposit return
Half within 1 month of the keys, if the exit inventory matches and nothing is owed (art. 5, paragraph 2bis).
Rest of the deposit
Within 1 month of the charge statements (art. 5, paragraph 2bis).

The document

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You sign the French version. The English version helps you understand it. Your answers fill both.

Tenant's notice to end the lease

  1. 1.Heading

    1. 1.1

      Tenant or tenants giving notice, Address of the let home. For the attention of Landlord or managing agent, Landlord's or agent's address. Made at Place of writing, on Date of writing.

      Use the landlord's or agent's address given in the lease.

    2. 1.2

      Registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. Subject: termination of the lease.

      If you hand the letter over in person, have the landlord sign and date your copy as a receipt.

  2. 2.Notice

    1. 2.1

      Dear Sir or Madam, I hereby give you notice of the termination of the lease of Date the lease was signed for the home located at Address of the let home.

  3. 3.Notice period

    1. 3.1

      Optional

      As the lease has continued for an indefinite term, or was made for an indefinite term, the termination will take effect on Date the lease ends, after the three-month notice period set by article 1736 of the Civil Code.

      Keep exactly one of the three clauses here. Use this one after the fixed term or if the lease has no end date. Respect any longer notice in your lease.

    2. 3.2

      Optional

      As the lease was made for a fixed term ending on End date of the fixed term, this termination will take effect on that end date, the three-month notice period being respected.

      Use this one during a fixed term. The landlord must receive the letter at least 3 months before the end date, or the lease continues for an indefinite term.

    3. 3.3

      Optional

      Under the early-termination clause in the lease, I terminate the lease before its term for the following reason: Reason under the early-exit clause. I enclose the following proof: Proof attached. The termination will take effect on Date the lease ends, after a three-month period.

      Use this one only if your lease has such a clause. Follow the clause's own notice and proof requirements.

  4. 4.Co-tenancy

    1. 4.1

      Optional

      In accordance with article 2quinquies of the amended law of 21 September 2006, I give notice at the same time to my co-tenants: Other co-tenants notified. I am actively looking for a replacement co-tenant in line with the co-tenancy pact.

      Keep only if you leave alone under the legal co-tenancy regime. If all co-tenants leave together, delete it and have every co-tenant sign the letter.

  5. 5.Exit inventory and return of keys

    1. 5.1

      I propose to carry out the exit inventory and return the keys on Exit inventory and key return date. Please confirm this date or propose another before the end of the notice period.

  6. 6.Deposit

    1. 6.1

      Please return the deposit within the periods set by article 5, paragraph 2bis, of the amended law of 21 September 2006, to account IBAN for the deposit return. My new address is: New address.

  7. 7.Closing and signature

    1. 7.1

      Yours faithfully. Signature of each tenant giving notice: Tenant or tenants giving notice.

      Each tenant who leaves signs the letter.

Formalities

  1. Write and sign the letter.
  2. For an ordinary lease the law sets no form. Follow any form the lease requires.
  3. The ministry advises a registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt (lettre recommandée avec avis de réception) to prove the date.
  4. A legal co-tenant must notify the landlord by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, and the other co-tenants at the same time.
  5. When all co-tenants leave together, each signs.
  6. Send the letter early enough that the landlord receives it at least 3 months before your leaving date, or the longer period in your lease.
  7. Check whether your lease says the period starts on the first day of a month.

Common mistakes

  • Giving 3 months' notice in the middle of a fixed term without an early-exit clause. The landlord can hold you to the rent until the end date.
  • Assuming a notice by email is safe. It may be valid if the lease is silent, but you must prove the landlord received it on a given date.
  • Leaving a co-tenancy without notifying the other co-tenants at the same time as the landlord.
  • Not seeking a replacement as a leaving co-tenant. An ad in two media listing Luxembourg property within 15 days of the notice start counts as an active search.
  • Forgetting to give your new address and bank account for the deposit. A delay caused by the tenant carries no penalty for the landlord.
  • Accepting a landlord's notice without checking the ground. The landlord needs a legal ground, and a sale of the home is not one.
  • Accepting a notice for own or family use that does not quote article 12, paragraph 3. Such a notice is void.

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