Unregistering from a permanent / temporal stay longer than 3 months
Required documents:
- completed and undersigned form of unregistration application
- a passport or other identity document (please check what documents are needed in your case)
Note!
Unregistering procedures in case of permanent stay or temporal stay longer than 3 months, have to be done in person in an appropriate office, on the day of leaving the dwelling at the latest. Some offices allow sending a form by a regular post.
NOTE!
If the period of a temporal stay longer than 3 months is the same as the period specified at registration, the person leaving the address is not obliged to unregister from that address (e.g. if you registered for a period of your travel document validity and you leave the place at the end of that period, you do not have to unregister).
A person receives a document confirming unregistration.
Unregistering from a temporal stay shorter than 3 months
Unregistering obligations applies to a person leaving temporal address lasting less than 3 months before the end of that period.
Required documents:
NOTE! Unregistering procedures in case of a temporal stay shorter than 3 months, have to be done in person in an appropriate office, on the day of leaving the dwelling at the latest.
a passport or other identity document (please check what documents are needed in your case)
NOTE! Unregistering procedures are executed orally, no forms are to be completed.
NOTE! If the period of a temporal stay shorter than 3 months is the same as the period specified at registration, the person leaving the address is not obliged to unregister from that address.
A person receives a document confirming verbal unregistration application.
Unregistration on the basis of administrative decision
In case of leaving the address of permanent or temporal stay longer than 3 months without fulfilling unregistration obligation, an appropriate organ issues an unregistration decision.
Required documents:
- unregistration application, including information about the person subject to unregistration, justification, the new address of residence,
- for verification, original document confirming legal rights for a dwelling: e.g. a rental contract, a legal decision, an administrative act, an abstract from a land register or other document confirming legal rights to a dwelling.
Proceedings, appellate procedure and costs are the same as in case of registering on the basis of administrative decision.
IMPORTANT!
It is worth remembering that not fulfilling of the registration obligation is an offence and is subject to a custodial sentence, a fine or a rebuke. If you will not register or unregister or a person whose dwelling you stay in refuses to register you, both of you are liable to be fined as specified in the Article 147 of the Offence Code.
Art. 147. § 1. A person who does not fulfill registration obligation is liable to be punished by a custodial sentence, a fine or a rebuke.
§ 2. A person who is obliged to inform an appropriate body about lack of fulfilling registration obligation by other person and lacks to fulfill this obligation is subject to a fine or a rebuke.
NOTE!
If a dwelling owner is not willing to register you at your stay address, you can make a reference to the registration obligation and possible sanctions.
