Danish private-rental guide
When must a Danish landlord deliver the move-out report?
Where the statutory inspection duty applies, the landlord must prepare a move-out report. It is normally handed to the tenant at the inspection. If the tenant is absent or will not acknowledge receipt, it must be sent no later than two weeks after the inspection.
Short answer
If the tenant attended the inspection, the report should normally be delivered there; there is no general extra 14-day period. Only when the tenant was absent or would not acknowledge receipt does the fallback run from inspection Day 0 through Day 14. Delivery on Day 15 then appears late.
Day 0, Day 14 and Day 15
At the inspection
Attending tenant normally receives the report
For an attending tenant, this is the ordinary delivery rule; do not apply the fallback automatically.
Fallback Day 14
Last day only for absence or refused acknowledgement
Count from the inspection only when one of those two statutory conditions is present.
Fallback Day 15
Later delivery appears outside the fallback
Verify attendance and delivery evidence before drawing a conclusion about the ordinary restoration claim.
The normal delivery rule
Section 187(4) connects preparation and delivery to the inspection. A tenant who attends should normally receive the report at the inspection, including as a digital document where legally permitted.
The two-week fallback
The later two-week delivery route is limited to the situations named in the provision: the tenant was not present or would not acknowledge receipt. It is not a general extra two weeks for every attended inspection.
What to preserve
Keep the report, email headers, digital signing records, postal information and any message from the inspection. The question is not only when the document was created but when and how it was delivered.
Evidence checklist
- Inspection attendance
- Report received at inspection
- Later delivery date and method
- Email or postal evidence
- Report contents
Questions people ask
What may happen if the report rule was not followed?
Section 187(5) states that breach of subsections 3 and 4 causes the landlord's restoration claim under subsection 1 to lapse. The exact claim and any separate issues still need to be identified.
Can omitted repair items be added later?
Section 187(2) states that restoration expenses not included in the move-out report are not chargeable to the tenant, subject to its hidden-defect and fraud exception.
Scope and source
Primary legal text: Danske Love — Lejeloven. Source snapshot checked: . This guide explains only the stated provisions and does not determine an individual dispute.