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Check a Rental Contract Before Signing

RiskRiskHigh
Verified
Cited sources3
DurationAbout 12 min

Verify authority, property condition, complete costs, and key terms before signing or paying.

Warning

Rules change. Open the official sources below and confirm before you act.

For help in another language, call the advisory hotline for foreign residents1990

Notice

Official guidance identifies prohibited terms, and a lease must not prohibit a rent-subsidy application. This checklist is not legal advice; contact the authority or a professional before paying when identity, disputes, or terms are unclear.

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Before you start

Complete a lease and property-condition review and keep evidence.

Applies to
International students preparing to rent in Taiwan
Rule level
Residential leasing and individual contracts
Group
Money & Contracts
When
First month

What to prepare

Steps

  1. Verify the lessor’s identity and ownership or valid rental or agency authority.

  2. Match the address, room, shared areas, equipment, keys, and lease period.

  3. Test locks, utilities, hot water, air conditioning, internet, and escape routes; record damage and readings.

  4. Compare the contract with the latest MOI template and never sign blank or contradictory terms.

  5. Write down rent, deposit, dates, and how utilities, internet, management, and other charges are calculated.

  6. Confirm repairs, notices, entry, early termination, penalties, deposit return, and handover.

  7. Keep the required contract-review period; stop if pressured to sign or transfer a large payment immediately.

  8. After signing, keep the complete contract, attachments, photos, handover record, and every receipt.

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Common mistakes, and what done looks like

Warning
  1. Problem
    Paying a deposit before verifying authority and refund terms.
    How to fix it
    Pause payment and request identity, authority, and written terms. Do not skip verification under pressure.
  2. Problem
    Accepting a verbal electricity promise when the contract is silent.
    How to fix it
    Write the basis, unit rate, bill-access method, and settlement date into the contract.

What done looks like

You can explain every cost, repair and exit rule, and hold a complete signed contract and condition record.

Practice scenario

Scene
A rental viewing and contract table
You will talk to
LessorResidential rental provider

2 questions

Start the practice scenario

Sources and page information

This page is compiled from the public sources below. Individual steps are not footnoted to a source yet.

  1. 1

    Official government內政部不動產資訊平台

    住宅租賃契約書範本(opens in a new window · PDF)https://pip.moi.gov.tw/Upload/File/Contract/33-%28113-07-08%29%E4%BD%8F%E5%AE%85%E7%A7%9F%E8%B3%83%E5%A5%91%E7%B4%84%E6%9B%B8%E7%AF%84%E6%9C%AC%28%E4%BC%81%E6%A5%AD%E6%88%96%E5%80%8B%E4%BA%BA%E5%87%BA%E7%A7%9F%E9%80%9A%E7%94%A8%29.pdfpip.moi.gov.tw · Source page update date not recorded · We reviewed it on 2026-07-20
  2. 2

    Official government新北市政府

    住宅租賃 FAQ(opens in a new window)https://www.planning.ntpc.gov.tw/home.jsp?id=112&parentpath=0%2C3%2C105www.planning.ntpc.gov.tw · Source page update date not recorded · We reviewed it on 2026-07-20
  3. 3

    Official government內政部

    租約不得限制申請租金補貼(opens in a new window)https://www.moi.gov.tw/News_Content.aspx?n=145&s=280625www.moi.gov.tw · Source page update date not recorded · We reviewed it on 2026-07-20

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