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Lease termination letter template for Spain

Tenant's notice to end a residential leaseComunicación de desistimiento o de no renovación del contrato de arrendamiento de vivienda

The tenant's written notice to the landlord that the tenant will leave: either an early exit after the first 6 months, or a refusal to renew at the end of the term or of a yearly renewal. It states the leaving date and asks for the key handover and the deposit return.

Use it when you rent a main home and want to leave. Choose the early exit clause if you leave in the middle of a lease year, after at least 6 months. Choose the non-renewal clause if you leave at the end of the agreed term or of a yearly renewal. Check the start date and the renewal dates of your lease before you choose.

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

Key facts

Applies to
Whole country. Applies to leases of a main home under the LAU signed from 6 March 2019. Older leases keep the notice rules of the law in force when they were signed.
Early exit
After at least 6 months, with 30 days' notice (LAU art. 11).
Non-renewal, first 5 or 7 years
Notice at least 30 days before the end of the term or of the renewal (LAU art. 9.1).
Leaving when the minimum term ends
Notice at least 2 months before. During the tacit extension that follows, 1 month before the end of each year (LAU art. 10.1).
Landlord's notice
4 months before the end of the minimum term (LAU arts. 9.3 and 10.1).
Landlord's own need
Earlier only if the lease states the landlord's own need, with 2 months' notice after the first year (LAU arts. 9.3 and 10.1).
Compensation for early exit
The landlord has no right to it (LAU art. 11.3, as worded by RDL 29/2026).
Lease signed before 8 October 2026
Have a lawyer check any compensation clause in it.
Deposit return
Legal interest runs if the deposit is not returned 1 month after the keys are handed back (LAU art. 36.4).

The document

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

Tenant's notice to end a residential lease

  1. 1.Sender and recipient

    1. 1.1

      From: Tenant's full name, holder of identity document Tenant's identity document, tenant of the home located at Address of the let home. Contact: Tenant's phone and email.

      List every co-tenant. Give a DNI, NIE or passport number for each.

    2. 1.2

      To: Landlord's full name or company name, with address for notices at Landlord's address for notices.

      Use the landlord's address for notices as stated in the lease.

  2. 2.Notice

    1. 2.1

      Optional

      By this letter I notify you that, under article 11 of Ley 29/1994 on Urban Leases, and more than six months having passed since the lease dated Date of the lease was signed, I end that lease with effect from Leaving and key return date, a date that respects the minimum notice of thirty days.

      Keep this clause or the next one, not both. Use this one to leave in the middle of a lease year, after the first 6 months.

    2. 2.2

      Optional

      By this letter I notify you, under articles 9.1 and 10.1 of Ley 29/1994 on Urban Leases, that I do not wish to renew the lease dated Date of the lease at its expiry or at the expiry of the current renewal, on Leaving and key return date, in compliance with the legal notice period.

      For the end of the term or of a yearly renewal. Notice: 30 days in the first 5 or 7 years, 2 months when the minimum term ends, 1 month in a later tacit year.

  3. 3.Key handover and condition of the home

    1. 3.1

      I propose that on Leaving and key return date we inspect the home together, sign the end-of-lease document recording its condition, and that I hand you all the keys.

      Agree a time by phone or email. If the landlord does not attend, take dated photos and hand the keys back in a provable way.

  4. 4.Deposit return

    1. 4.1

      Please return the deposit, less any justified sums owed, by transfer to account Tenant's IBAN for the deposit. If it has not been returned one month after the keys are handed back, the balance will bear the legal interest rate under article 36.4 of the Urban Leases Act. From that date my address will be Tenant's address after leaving.

  5. 5.Signature

    1. 5.1

      At Place of signature, on Date of signature. Signature of the tenant.

      Each co-tenant who leaves signs. Send the notice by burofax or another provable means.

Formalities

  1. Send the notice in a form that proves the content and the date of receipt.
  2. Provable forms: burofax with certificate of text and acknowledgement of receipt, a notarial notice, or the email address the lease designates for notices.
  3. To be safe, count the notice period from the day the landlord receives it, not from the day you send it.
  4. Every co-tenant who leaves should sign.
  5. Keep a copy.
  6. No reason is needed.

Common mistakes

  • Leaving before 6 months. The early exit right does not exist yet, so leaving is a breach and the landlord can claim damages.
  • Sending the notice at the last moment. Post and burofax take days, so send it early enough that the landlord receives it before the period starts.
  • Using WhatsApp or a plain email that the lease does not designate. If the landlord denies receipt, you cannot prove the date.
  • Mixing up early exit and non-renewal. At the end of a lease year in the first 5 or 7 years, non-renewal needs 30 days and no early-exit compensation applies.
  • Handing back the keys without a signed exit report. Ask for a joint inspection and sign the end-of-lease document.
  • Not giving a bank account for the deposit. Name the IBAN in the notice so that the landlord has no reason to delay.

Legal basis

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