Two weeks' notice for a parking space? That applies in only 2 of 6 cases
"In Switzerland, a parking space can be terminated with 14 days' notice." You read it everywhere, and it is right in only 2 of 6 cases: for a space with no link to a flat. If you rent the space from the same landlord as your flat, the rules for the flat usually apply, even with a separate contract. The Federal Supreme Court has ruled on this, and it changes the notice period, the form and the protection. Here are the 6 cases, the 10 templates and the calculator that tells you your last day.
📄 Parking space notice template: 10 templates in Word and PDF
Not one letter for every case, but one per case: rented separately, linked to the flat, part of the flat lease, early return with a replacement, after a death, from the landlord's side. Plus the termination agreement, the handover record and two follow-up letters. The Word file is for filling in, the PDF for printing, and both are generated from the same text as the preview. For the flat itself, use the terminate a lease template; for a contract unrelated to renting, the general termination letter.
10 templates for parking spaces and garages
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For a space not linked to a flat from the same landlord. Two weeks to the end of a one-month rental period, unless the lease sets a longer notice.
[First name Last name] [Street, postcode, town] Registered mail [Name / agency] [Street, postcode, town] [Place], [DD.MM.YYYY] Notice of termination: lease of [space no. …, address] Dear Sir or Madam, I hereby give notice to terminate the lease dated [DD.MM.YYYY] for [space no. …, address] as of [DD.MM.YYYY]. The space is rented separately. Unless the lease provides for a longer notice period, Art. 266e of the Swiss Code of Obligations applies: two weeks' notice to the end of a one-month rental period. Should the date given not be valid, this notice takes effect on the next permissible date under Art. 266a para. 2. Please confirm in writing that you have received this notice and the date on which the lease ends, and propose a date for returning keys, badge or remote control. Yours faithfully, [First name Last name]
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⚖️ ConvivaPlus's own templates, checked against the Swiss Code of Obligations and BGE 125 III 231. Not legal advice.
🅿️ Separately rented parking space? A separate contract is not enough
Most people ask: "Do I have a separate contract for the space?" The Federal Supreme Court asks something else. In 1997 a landlady in Basel terminated the underground parking spaces of two tenants who rented their flats from her two house numbers away. The court held that the space belongs with the flat when it serves the flat functionally and the parties to both contracts are the same. And it added the point that overturns the usual rule of thumb: when the contracts were signed, or how many there are, is not decisive.
A different landlord from your flat, or you do not live there. Art. 266e applies: two weeks to the end of a one-month rental period, no required form, no protection against termination.
A separate parking contract, but the same landlord and tenant as the flat, and you have the space because you live there. It can be terminated on its own, but under residential tenancy rules (Art. 253a para. 1): in writing, and the landlord must use the official form.
The space is in the same contract as the flat. No separate termination: the space shares the fate of the flat. The route is a request to the landlord and an agreement.
That gives three levels, not two. Yours decides everything else: notice period, form, whether the landlord needs the official form and whether you can challenge the landlord's notice. For a new space with this settled in a clause, see the parking space rental contract.
Separately rented parking space
⚖️ Parking space notice period: the six cases and your last day
Who gives notice, and how is the space linked to a flat? These two questions produce 6 scenarios, and the two-week period every template site quotes covers only 2 of them. In 2, the law requires no form at all; in 2, a one-sided termination is simply not possible. Answer the Federal Supreme Court's three questions and the matrix gives you the notice period, form, protection, earliest end date and the last day to post the letter.
🅿️ ConvivaPlus Parking Notice Matrix: case → notice period, form, last day
Three questions, one date. 6 scenarios, each read against the Swiss Code of Obligations and BGE 125 III 231.
1 · Is the parking space in the same lease as your flat?
the day from which the monthly periods run
leave empty if the contract names none
| Who · link | Form | Notice period | Protection | Template |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Me, as tenant · separate | no form required | 2 weeks to the end of a rental period (Art. 266e CO) | no | Tenant's notice for a separately rented parking space OR 266e · OR 266a Abs. 2 |
| Me, as landlord · separate | no form required | 2 weeks to the end of a rental period (Art. 266e CO) | no | Landlord's notice for a separately rented parking space OR 266e · OR 266a Abs. 2 |
| Me, as tenant · linked | in writing | per the parking contract | yes (challenge, extension) | Notice for a parking space rented from your flat's landlord (separate lease) OR 253a Abs. 1 · OR 266l Abs. 1 · BGE 125 III 231 |
| Me, as landlord · linked | official form | per the parking contract | yes (challenge, extension) | official form OR 253a Abs. 1 · OR 266l Abs. 2 · OR 266o · BGE 125 III 231 |
| Me, as tenant · single | only by agreement | no unilateral termination | yes (challenge, extension) | Request: remove the parking space from the flat lease OR 253a Abs. 1 · BGE 125 III 231 |
| Me, as landlord · single | only by agreement | no unilateral termination | yes (challenge, extension) | official form OR 253a Abs. 1 · OR 269d · BGE 125 III 231 |
⚖️ The matrix organises what the law and the Federal Supreme Court say. It does not decide individual cases and is not legal advice.
The matrix is a ConvivaPlus analysis of the Swiss Code of Obligations (official version on fedlex, as at 1 January 2026) and of Federal Supreme Court ruling BGE 125 III 231. The three questions restate consideration 2 of the ruling in everyday language. It calculates a date only where the result is certain: for a separate space under Art. 266e, using the day your lease began as the end of each rental month. With a contractual notice period it calculates on the same monthly end dates; if your contract sets other end dates, those apply. For a linked space without a contractual period it does not calculate: the statutory period there is not conclusively settled, and false certainty would be worse than a named gap.
parking space termination scenarios fall under the two-week notice period of Art. 266e CO. In the others, the contract or the fate of the flat decides.
📅 Two weeks to the end of the month? To the end of the rental period
If you took over your space on the 15th, the statute's wording gives you the 14th as end date, not the end of the month. The statute does not say "to the end of a month", but to the end of a one-month rental period. That period runs from the day your lease began. If you took over the space on the 1st, it ends on the last day of the month. If you took it over on the 15th, it ends on the 14th of the following month, and anyone giving notice "for the end of September" names a date the wording does not provide, unless the lease allows any month-end.
The good news is one article earlier. Under Art. 266a para. 2, if the notice period or end date is not respected, the notice takes effect on the next permissible date. A wrongly chosen date does not void the notice, it postpones it. That is why every template here includes this sentence.
📋 Official termination form for a parking space: never for tenants
The form your letting agency sends you "to fill in" is theirs, not yours. "Parking space termination official form" is one of the most frequent searches on this page, and the answer is shorter than the question. Art. 266l para. 2 requires the landlord to use a form approved by the canton, and only for residential and business premises. As a tenant, you need it in none of the 6 cases. The landlord needs it in exactly 1: when the space is linked to your flat and has its own contract. The Federal Supreme Court held that the form is then sufficient, without amending the contract.
✉️ Notice by registered mail: when it counts as received
Your landlord can leave the registered letter at the post office. The notice still counts, and not only after seven days. A notice takes effect on receipt, and for lease terminations the receipt theory applies without restriction: it is received as soon as it enters the recipient's sphere of control and they can take note of it. For registered mail, according to Federal Supreme Court case law, this is not the end of the seven-day collection period but, as a rule, the day on which the collection slip can first be redeemed.
🏢 Notice by the landlord: the level decides whether it is valid
The same letter is valid for one space and void for the space next to it. For a separate space, the landlord can give two weeks' notice to the end of a rental period, without reasons and without a form. The rules on challenging a notice (Art. 271) and on extension (Art. 272) sit in the chapter on protection against termination for residential and business premises, and a separately rented space is neither. For a linked space, the opposite applies: official form, and the tenant can challenge the notice before the conciliation authority within 30 days of receiving it (Art. 273 para. 1).
🚗 Terminating a garage: covered space, garage box, outdoor space
Run a business out of the garage instead of parking the car there, and two weeks can become six months. The law speaks of parking spaces or similar facilities. What the space is called changes nothing about the notice, as long as it is used to park a vehicle. What counts is again the level: a garage from the same landlord as the flat follows the rules for residential leases.
🔁 Replacement tenant: leave early without paying twice
If the landlord turns down a replacement they cannot reasonably refuse, you are released anyway. To leave before the end date, Art. 264 requires you to propose a new tenant who is solvent, whom the landlord cannot reasonably refuse, and who is willing to take over the lease on the same terms. Without a replacement, you pay until the regular end. For a parking space this is often easier than for a flat: in an underground car park, someone is almost always waiting for a space. Keep it instead of terminating: under Art. 262 you may sublet the space with the landlord's consent — the sublease template is ready.
After a death, the heirs may give the statutory notice to the next statutory date (Art. 266i), even if the lease sets a longer period. For a separate space, that means the two weeks of Art. 266e. The template for heirs encloses the certificate of inheritance and names one person for correspondence.
⚠️ The mistakes that cost a month's rent
Two of them make the notice void or impossible, the others cost money or a deadline.
Giving notice "for the end of the month" when the lease began on the 15th. The rental month ends on the 14th; the notice then takes effect on the next permissible date (Art. 266a para. 2).
Assuming the postmark counts. Receipt counts, and for registered mail that is, as a rule, the day after the delivery attempt.
Giving notice by e-mail on a space linked to the flat. The written form of residential leases applies there.
Terminating a space that is part of the flat lease on its own. That is not possible; it needs a request and the landlord's consent.
As a landlord, terminating a linked space with an ordinary letter. Without the official form, the notice is void (Art. 266o).
Returning keys and remote without a receipt. When it comes to the deposit, it is then your word against theirs.
Overlooking the contractual notice period. If the contract says three months, the statutory two weeks do not help.
It is not the contract that decides whether your parking space is separate. The flat decides.
🧭 Terminating a parking space in five steps
From the contract in the drawer to the registered letter, with the right date.
State the date in your letter and add the sentence based on Art. 266a para. 2: should the date not be valid, the notice takes effect on the next permissible date. It costs one line and takes away the only argument for rejecting a notice that was calculated too tightly. Every template here includes it.
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Two weeks' notice on a parking space applies in only 2 of 6 cases. If you rent the space from the same landlord as your flat, residential lease rules usually apply, even under a separate contract.
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7 voices from the community
Ho usato la lettera per il posteggio con subentrante. Il locatore ha accettato la nuova inquilina in tre giorni, e io non ho dovuto pagare il mese successivo.
Als kleiner Vermieter von vier Aussenplätzen: ich wusste nicht, dass es einen Unterschied macht, ob der Mieter auch bei mir wohnt. Zwei meiner Mieter tun das. Für die bräuchte ich also das Formular. Gut zu wissen, bevor es schiefgeht.
Enfin une page qui dit clairement que le locataire n'a jamais besoin de la formule officielle. La gérance m'avait envoyé la sienne « à remplir » pour rendre ma place. C'est la formule du bailleur, pas la mienne.
Merci. L'art. 266l al. 2 CO impose la formule au bailleur seulement. Pour une place louée séparément, le locataire peut même résilier sans la forme écrite ; nous conseillons tout de même le recommandé, pour la preuve.
Der Hinweis mit dem Mietbeginn am 15. war Gold wert. Ich hatte auf Ende Monat gekündigt, bei mir endet die Periode aber jeweils am 14. Hätte ich nicht nachgerechnet, wäre ich einen halben Monat länger gebunden gewesen.
Ich ha gmeint, min Tiefgaragenplatz heg en eigete Vertrag und drum gälted zwei Wuche. D Verwaltig hät mir zrugggschribe, er ghöri zur Wohnig. Hät gstimmt: gliichi Verwaltig, gliichi Liegeschaft, und ich ha en nur, will ich det wohne.
Genau die Konstellation, die das Bundesgericht in BGE 125 III 231 entschieden hat: derselbe Vermieter, derselbe Mieter, der Platz dient der Wohnung. Dann gelten die Regeln der Wohnungsmiete, auch mit eigenem Vertrag. Einzeln kündigen kannst du ihn trotzdem, nur eben schriftlich und mit der Frist aus deinem Parkplatzvertrag.
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