Netherlands: guides to registered mail
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Housing
Housing: All countries →- End a Dutch rental by registered letterDutch law says a tenant ends a residential lease by registered letter or bailiff (art. 7:271).
- End a Dutch lease as a landlordA Dutch landlord ends a residential lease by registered letter or bailiff, with a legal ground and three to six months' notice.
- Send a Dutch rent increase reminder letterIf a Dutch tenant neither objects to a rent increase nor pays it, the landlord sends the proposal again by registered mail within three months.
Debt and payments
Debt and payments: All countries →- Send a Dutch notice of default by registered letterUnder art. 6:82 of the Dutch Civil Code, default starts after a written demand with a reasonable deadline.
- Send a Dutch 14-day letter by registered mailIn the Netherlands, collection costs on a consumer debt need a 14-day letter first (art. 6:96 (6)).
Moving abroad
Moving abroad: All countries →- Cancel Dutch contracts from abroadDutch energy, internet and gym contracts end by email or portal with at most one month's notice.
- End a Dutch rental when you emigrateMoving abroad? End your Dutch rental by registered letter, to a rent day, with one to three months' notice.
- Dutch health insurance when you emigrateNo cancellation needed: Dutch health insurance ends by law when your duty to be insured ends.
Business notices
Business notices: All countries →- Terminate a commercial lease in the NetherlandsA Dutch shop, restaurant or workshop lease ends by bailiff or registered letter, at least one year ahead (art. 7:293 Dutch Civil Code).
- PostNL registered mail for companies sending inside the NetherlandsLandlords, property managers, collection agencies and law firms send registered letters inside the Netherlands with PostNL, from the desk.