Your guarantee deed, up to date with the 2021 reform.
The rent and its review, the cap, the duration, the paragraph of the law to reproduce, and room for the statement the guarantor writes himself: a PDF deed ready to sign.
Guarantee deed
To fill in- Guarantor
- to fill in
- Tenant
- to fill in
- Commitment
- to fill in
- Cap
- to fill in
The article 2297 statement is not printed: the guarantor writes it himself, on the lines left for it, before signing. The deed gives him the text to write.
Give the guarantor a copy of the lease and a copy of the signed deed.
A deed template, not advice for your situation. If in doubt, ask a notaire, a lawyer or your local ADIL.
The deed is written in French, the language a judge would read it in if the guarantor were called on.
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Your guarantors, in the lease.
In Kivlo, co-tenants and guarantors are added to the lease, and each guarantor's guarantee deed is generated as a PDF from the lease's amounts.
Cap on the commitment To fill in
The guarantee deed, in practice.
The guarantor's statement
Since 1 January 2022, a guarantor who is a person writes himself the statement that he undertakes to pay the landlord what the tenant owes if the tenant defaults, up to an amount in principal and accessories written in words and in figures, on pain of nullity of the commitment (Code civil, article 2297). Where the two differ, the amount in words prevails.
The word "handwritten" is not in it: article 22-1 of the law of 6 July 1989 required a handwritten copy until 25 November 2018, and no longer does. So the template does not print the statement: it gives its text, and leaves the lines where the guarantor writes it.
What the deed shows
The guarantor signs a deed that shows the rent and its review terms as the lease states them, and reproduces the penultimate paragraph of article 22-1. The landlord gives him a copy of the lease. These formalities are required on pain of nullity of the guarantee.
A joint and several guarantor also acknowledges, in his statement, that he cannot require the landlord to pursue the tenant first or to divide the claim between guarantors. Otherwise he keeps those benefits.
The duration
With no duration stated, or an indefinite one, the guarantor may end the guarantee unilaterally. It ends at the close of the lease term, initial, extended or renewed, during which the landlord receives the notice (article 22-1).
With a set duration, the guarantor cannot end it: he remains liable for the rent debts until the date set.
When a landlord may not ask for one
A landlord insured, or otherwise covered, against the tenant's defaults may not ask for a guarantor, on pain of nullity, unless the home is let to a student or an apprentice.
A landlord that is a company, other than a family civil company, may ask only for a guarantee from a body listed by decree, or for a student without a grant. No landlord may refuse a guarantor for not being French or not living in mainland France.
Sources: Code civil, art. 2297 · Law of 6 July 1989, art. 22-1 · Art. 22-1 as in force until 25 November 2018 · Service-Public: the tenant's guarantor
Rules checked on November 10, 2026. General information, not a substitute for personal advice.
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The guarantee deed: your questions.
The law has not said so since 25 November 2018. Since 1 January 2022, article 2297 of the Code civil has the guarantor write his statement himself, on pain of nullity: do not have it printed. The template gives the text, and the guarantor writes it on the lines left for it.
The one you agree on with the guarantor: the most he may owe, principal and accessories. It is written in words and in figures; where they differ, the amount in words prevails (article 2297).
No. With no duration, the guarantor may end the guarantee whenever he wants, taking effect at the end of the lease term during which you receive his notice. With a duration, he stays bound until the date set.
A simple guarantor is called on only if the tenant cannot pay. A joint and several guarantor may be called on from the first unpaid rent, without first checking whether the tenant could pay.
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