Article 7:232 Dutch Civil Code, Book 7
Artikel 232 Burgerlijk Wetboek Boek 7 (BW) – unofficial English translation
Boek 7 · Division 5. Lease of residential accommodation
Paragraph 1
This Division applies exclusively to the lease of residential accommodation.
Paragraph 2
This Division does not apply to a lease concerning a use of residential accommodation which by its nature is only of short duration.
Paragraph 3
Articles 206(3), 270, 271(5), 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277 and 281 do not apply, during nine months after the commencement of the agreement, to the lease of residential accommodation which does not form a self-contained dwelling and which forms part of a dwelling that is the landlord's main residence and in which this or other residential accommodation has not previously been let to the same tenant.
Unofficial translation. This English text is an unofficial translation provided for information only. Only the Dutch text is legally authentic: Artikel 232 Burgerlijk Wetboek Boek 7. Checked against the Dutch text in force on 12 October 2026.
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