What is an occasional lease?
Many residential leases in Poland are concluded as an occasional lease (najem okazjonalny) or — when the landlord is a company — an institutional lease (najem instytucjonalny). Both are standard, lawful forms of residential lease regulated by Polish law.
As a tenant, you will be asked to sign a notarial declaration on voluntary submission to enforcement: you undertake to move out of the flat once the lease has ended. The declaration is made before a notary and attached to the lease agreement.
What does it mean for you?
- the declaration does not limit your rights during the lease — you live in the flat as agreed in the contract,
- it allows the landlord to recover the flat faster after the lease ends, without a full court eviction case,
- in an occasional lease you also indicate substitute premises — an address where you could move after the lease ends — and provide the written consent of that property's owner,
- in an institutional lease there are no substitute premises; instead, you acknowledge that no social housing will be provided.
How to prepare
- valid passport or ID card,
- the lease agreement (signed or draft),
- occasional lease: the address of the substitute premises and the owner's written consent,
- if you do not speak Polish — a sworn translator takes part in the act; please mention this when the appointment is booked.
Approximate cost
The notary's fee for the tenant's declaration is capped by statute at 1/10 of the minimum monthly wage in Poland. Copies of the deed and VAT are added, and a sworn translator (if needed) charges separately. In practice the total is usually several hundred złoty — ask the office for the current amount before your visit.
Booking. Acts are prepared in advance — please contact the office by phone (+48 517 914 471) or e-mail to arrange the appointment. Preliminary information is free of charge.
This page is for general information only and does not constitute legal advice.