How to make a rental contract in Romania?

Short answer

1. 1Go to 4mycontracts.net and select the Real Estate category.
2. 2Choose the residential or commercial rental contract template.
3. 3Fill in party details, property description, and monthly rent.
4. 4Add optional clauses: deposit, rent indexation, inventory annex.
5. 5Send the contract to the tenant through an electronic signing link.

What the law says

• Romanian Civil Code art. 1777–1850 — governs lease agreements in Romania.
• Civil Code art. 1798 — written form required for tax registration.
• Law no. 114/1996 (updated) — specific rules for residential leases.
• ANAF Order 114/2019 — lease must be registered with tax authority within 30 days.
• eIDAS Regulation (EU 910/2014) — legal validity of qualified electronic signatures.

Practical examples

• 12-month apartment rental in Bucharest with inflation-indexation clause.
• 3-year commercial lease for a medical office with renewal option and subletting prohibition.
• Short-term vacation home rental agreement (seasonal, 3 months, tourism regime).
• Studio flat rental for a student, with one-month deposit and attached inventory annex.

Common mistakes

• Missing deposit clause and return conditions at lease end.
• Rent set in EUR without BNR exchange rate conversion clause — tax registration risk.
• No inventory annex attached — unable to prove damages at property handover.
• Failure to register the contract with ANAF within 30 days — fine between 500–1,000 RON.

How 4mycontracts helps

• Contract template with fields to fill in, based on the Civil Code and tax legislation.
• Simple electronic signature through a secure link — the signer needs no account.
• Archive in your account, with the event history of each contract.
• Expiry radar in the panel: see the contracts that expire within 30 days.
• A signature certificate as PDF, with the IP address, time of signing and SHA-256 fingerprint of the document.