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Lease termination letter template for Slovakia

Tenant's notice to end the lease of a flatVýpoveď z nájmu bytu (nájomcom)

The tenant's written notice that ends the lease of a flat. Under the Civil Code the notice period is 3 months and starts on the first day of the month after the landlord receives the notice. The letter also proposes the handover date and asks for the deposit back.

Use it when you rent a flat under a Civil Code lease and want to leave. For an indefinite lease, notice is the normal way out. For a fixed-term lease, the lease ends by itself at the end of the term, so you need no notice then. To leave earlier, check whether your lease allows notice. If it does not, propose a written agreement to end the lease (dohoda o skončení nájmu), which can end it on any date. Under a short-term lease (Act 98/2014), the tenant can give notice only on the grounds in § 7(2) of that act or in the lease.

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

Key facts

Applies to
Whole country. For a lease under the Civil Code. A short-term lease under Act 98/2014 has different rules, set out in the key facts.
Notice period, Civil Code lease
3 months, from the first day of the month after the month of delivery (§ 710(3)).
Example
Delivered on 10 November: the period runs from 1 December to the last day of February, and the lease ends then (§ 710(3)).
Form
Written notice or written agreement. An oral notice does not end the lease (§ 710(1)).
Landlord's notice
Only on the grounds in § 711(1), stated precisely, with 3 months' notice.
Notice for own use
The tenant has a right to a substitute flat (§ 712a(1)).
Notice for unpaid rent
6 more months for a tenant who proves material need for objective reasons on the day of delivery (§ 710(4)).
Challenging a landlord's notice
In court within 3 months of delivery. The notice takes effect only when the court dismisses the claim (§ 711(6)).
Short-term lease, tenant's grounds
Only the grounds in Act 98/2014, § 7(2) or in the lease.
Short-term lease, notice period
At least 1 month from the day after delivery, or 15 days if the flat became unusable (§ 7(3)).
Short-term lease, deposit
Unused part returned within 1 month after the tenant clears the flat and settles claims (Act 98/2014, § 5(3)).

The document

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

Tenant's notice to end the lease of a flat

  1. 1.Heading

    1. 1.1

      Sender: Tenant or joint tenants giving notice, born on Tenant's date of birth, residing at Address of the let flat. Addressee: Landlord's name, Landlord's address. At Place of writing, on Date of writing.

      Give the flat's street, number, flat number, floor and entrance. Use the landlord's address in the lease.

    2. 1.2

      Registered post with delivery receipt. Subject: Notice to end the lease of a flat.

      If you hand the letter over in person, replace this line with "Prevzal dňa ... podpis prenajímateľa" and have the landlord sign and date your copy.

  2. 2.Notice

    1. 2.1

      Dear Landlord, I hereby give notice to end the lease of the flat at Address of the let flat, which I occupy under the lease of the flat dated Date the lease was signed, under § 710 of the Civil Code.

      The tenant need not give a reason under a Civil Code lease. Under a short-term lease, add the ground from Act 98/2014, § 7(2) or from the lease.

  3. 3.Notice period

    1. 3.1

      The notice period is three months and starts on the first day of the month after the month in which this notice is delivered to you. The lease will therefore end on Last day of the lease.

      If the lease agrees a different period, quote that clause. Allow for the post: a letter that arrives on the 1st of the next month moves the end date by a month.

  4. 4.Return of the flat

    1. 4.1

      I propose to hand over the flat and the keys and to sign the handover protocol with the meter readings on Proposed handover and key return date. Please confirm the date or propose another one.

  5. 5.Deposit and settlement

    1. 5.1

      I ask you to return the deposit, or its unused part with a written list of the amounts set off, within the period in the lease, to account Tenant's IBAN for the deposit. Please send the settlement of the service charge advances to New address for letters.

      The Civil Code sets no deadline for an ordinary lease, so the lease clause applies. For a short-term lease it is 1 month (Act 98/2014, § 5(3)).

  6. 6.Signature

    1. 6.1

      Yours faithfully, Tenant or joint tenants giving notice, signature.

      Each joint tenant signs.

Formalities

  1. The notice must be in writing and signed by the tenant.
  2. Each joint tenant should sign. A matter beyond day-to-day business needs all joint tenants (Civil Code § 701(1)).
  3. The delivery rules of the Civil Procedure Code apply by analogy (§ 710(3)).
  4. Send it by registered post with a delivery receipt (doporučene s doručenkou), or hand it over against the landlord's signed and dated receipt.
  5. Keep proof of the delivery date. The notice period depends on it.
  6. Rent and service charges stay due until the lease ends.

Common mistakes

  • Counting the 3 months from the day you send the letter. They start on the first day of the month after the landlord receives it.
  • Giving notice to end a fixed-term lease early when the lease does not allow it. Ask the landlord for a written agreement instead.
  • Stopping rent payments during the notice period. Over 3 months of arrears is a ground for the landlord's notice.
  • Setting the rent off against the deposit without the landlord's agreement. The deposit is security, not rent.
  • Sending the notice to an old address. Use the address in the lease or the one the landlord gave you in writing.
  • Leaving without a move-out protocol. Book the handover and the meter readings for the last day of the lease.
  • Only one joint tenant signing. Every tenant on the lease signs, including a spouse who lives with you. Spouses become joint tenants by law (Civil Code § 703).

Legal basis

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