Cezara
Lawyer · Bucharest, Romania
- 159 cases handled
- 20+ years in practice
- Speaks: English, Romanian
- Law, University of Bucharest - Faculty of Law
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Tenant & Squatter Eviction in Romania
Lawyers who act for owners in Romania who want a home or premises back — from a tenant who does not pay or stays after the contract ends, or from people occupying it without any right — through the court eviction procedure (evacuare) and the bailiff.
About Tenant & Squatter Eviction in Romania
Eviction in Romania (evacuare) is the legal way for an owner to recover a property from a tenant who does not pay, breaches the contract or stays after it ends, or from squatters — people occupying a house or flat without any right (ocupanți fără drept). Some older lists and lawyer pages call this service “Eviction Services”. In Romania the owner does not take the property back by force: eviction rests on a court decision or another enforceable title and is carried out by a court bailiff (executor judecătoresc). This page is for owners, including those living abroad; Romanian searches such as evacuare chiriaș (often typed evacuare chirias) and evacuare pentru neplata chiriei — eviction for unpaid rent — describe the same work.
The main situations
- Unpaid rent or a serious breach: the contract is terminated, under its own clause or by the court, and the tenant is ordered to leave.
- The term has ended: a lease registered with ANAF or signed before a notary can be enforced for the tenant's departure at the end of a fixed term; otherwise the owner asks the court.
- No contract at all: occupants who never had a right to stay, or a former owner who remains after a forced sale.
- Business premises: commercial tenants follow the same logic, with their own contract terms.
How it runs
The Civil Procedure Code has a special eviction procedure for property used or occupied without right. It begins with a written notice to leave; if the occupant stays, the owner files a claim with the local court, and the judgment is then enforced by the bailiff. Evictions from homes are not carried out during the winter months, with some exceptions. Cutting off utilities, changing the locks or removing belongings without a title can make the owner liable, in some cases under criminal law.
What a lawyer does
The lawyer checks the contract and whether it was registered, sends the notice, files the claim and asks for the unpaid rent in the same case, follows the bailiff's enforcement and, for an owner abroad, acts under a power of attorney. Disputes that do not aim at eviction are on landlord and tenant disputes; recovering the debt itself on debt collection.
Questions and answers
Can an owner simply change the locks?
No. Without a court decision or an enforceable title, forcing someone out is unlawful, even when the tenant has not paid.
Is the procedure different for squatters?
People with no right to the property are removed through the same special procedure, with no contract to terminate first; entering a home without permission can also be reported to the police.
Does a registered lease make eviction easier?
It helps: it is an enforceable title for unpaid rent and, at the end of a fixed term, for leaving. Eviction during the term for non-payment generally still goes through the court, unless a notarial contract provides otherwise.
Can the unpaid rent be recovered too?
Yes, in the same claim or separately; whether the money is actually collected depends on what the former tenant owns or earns.
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