Rentals - Lease

Married, past or cohabiting tenants: What are the rules?

Publié le 24 avril 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

If you live as a couple and are renters, the rules vary depending on whether you are married, a Civil partnership partner or a common-law partner. Service-Public.fr guide you.

Are you married?

Who has to pay rent and expenses? What happens to the lease in case of divorce? In case of death? All the answers to your questions on the sheet Married couple renting their accommodation: what are the rules?

Have you been there?

Who should the owner contact? What should the partner who wants to leave the house do? What happens to the lease in this case? All the answers to your questions on the sheet Past couple renting their home: what are the rules?

Do you live in a common-law relationship?

Solidarity clause or not, lease signed by both concubines or not... The rules change depending on your situation and the type of accommodation. All the explanations on the card Couple of concubines renting their home: what are the rules?

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