Document retention time depends on the nature of the documents:
- Invoices for work or repairs undertaken by an artisan must be kept for 30 years
- Documents relating to the construction must be kept for 10 years
- Invoices for work or repairs carried out by a merchant must be kept for 10 years
- The gas and electricity bills are to be kept for 10 years.
- Real estate agent invoices must be kept for 10 years.
- The minutes and the minutes of the co-ownership meeting are to be kept for 10 years.
- Rent or lease receipts must be kept for 5 years.
- The notary's fee invoices are to be kept for 5 years.
- The water and electricity bills are to be kept for 2 years.
- Car purchase invoices are to be kept for 2 years.
- The contracts relating to property insurance are to be kept for 2 years.
- Carrier invoices are to be kept for one year
- Chimney sweep certificates must be kept for one year
- The title deed and the co-ownership regulations must be retained as long as one is the owner.
- The rental commitment, correspondence with the lessor, the insurance contract, surety bond is to be kept as long as one is a tenant.
- Rental leases are to be kept throughout the rental period and then for 5 years after leaving the accommodation.
- The inventory must be kept until the deposit is refunded .
- Invoices for valuables should be kept for as long as you have them.