Your rent call notice, rent and charges apart.
What the tenant owes for the month, and by which date: a PDF in French to send before the rent is due.
Rent call notice
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- Tenant
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- Period
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- To pay by
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- Rent excluding charges
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- Charges
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- Total to pay
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A template, not advice on your situation. The notice asks for payment; it does not prove the rent was paid.
The notice is written in French, the language of the lease and of your tenant: the page is in English, the document is the avis d'échéance a French tenant expects.
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The rent call notice, in practice.
What a rent call notice is
The avis d'échéance tells the tenant what they owe for the coming period, and by which date. It goes out before the payment: it is a request, not proof that the rent was paid.
No text sets its content, as we read it: the law of 6 July 1989 names it in article 21, to forbid charging the tenant for handling it. The tenant pays rent and recoverable charges on the dates the lease sets, and is entitled to pay monthly if they ask (article 7).
Rent and charges apart
The quittance (rent receipt) must show rent and charges separately (article 21). A notice that splits them the same way lets the tenant match each line from one document to the other.
Charges are usually paid as provisions, regular advances of the same amount, settled at least once a year against the actual expenses. In a furnished let, the lease can set a flat fee (forfait) instead, paid with the rent and never settled (Service-Public).
No fee for the tenant
No fee for handling the avis d'échéance or the quittance may be charged to the tenant (article 21).
A lease clause that makes the tenant pay for reminders or for sending the quittance is deemed unwritten: it does not apply (article 4, p).
Rent call notice or rent receipt
The notice comes before the payment, the quittance after: it certifies that the rent and charges were paid in full. You give it free of charge to a tenant who asks; for a part payment, you give a receipt for the sum (reçu) instead (article 21).
With the tenant's express agreement, the quittance can be sent electronically, as a PDF by email for instance (article 21). Our rent receipt template prepares it with the same lines as this notice.
Sources: Law of 6 July 1989, art. 21 · Law of 6 July 1989, art. 4 · Law of 6 July 1989, art. 7 · Service-Public: rent receipt · Service-Public: rental charges
Rules checked on November 10, 2026. General information, not a substitute for personal advice.
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The rent call notice: your questions.
No text requires it, as we read it. The law of 6 July 1989 names it in article 21, to forbid charging the tenant for handling it. Many landlords send one to remind the tenant of the amount, especially when it changes.
No. No fee for handling the avis d'échéance or the quittance may be charged to the tenant (article 21), and a lease clause that makes them pay for sending the quittance is deemed unwritten (article 4, p).
The notice asks for payment; the quittance certifies afterwards that the rent and charges were paid in full. A notice therefore never replaces a receipt. Once the rent is in, make one with our rent receipt template.
Because they are two different sums: the quittance must show them separately (article 21), and advances on charges are settled at least once a year against the actual expenses. The tenant then finds the same lines on the notice and on the receipt.
Nothing is sent: the PDF is made in your browser. Kivlo sees no name, address or amount, and nothing is kept once you close the page.