A power of attorney is useful when you cannot be physically present to sign your rental contract:
- Expatriation or travel: you are abroad at the time of signing
- Health issues: temporary inability to travel
- Co-ownership: one co-owner signs on behalf of the others
- Company: a director delegates signing to a colleague
The agent acts in your name and on your behalf. You remain legally bound by the signed lease.
Our generator produces a complete document including:
- Identification of the principal (landlord or tenant)
- Identification of the agent (the person who will sign)
- Precise description of the property concerned
- Scope of the mandate (signature only or negotiation + signature)
- Validity period of the power of attorney
- Revocation clauses
The document complies with Belgian civil law and is accepted by the registration offices of all 3 regions.
To be valid, your power of attorney must contain:
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Principal’s identity | Name, surname, address, date of birth, national register number |
| Agent’s identity | Same information |
| Object of mandate | ”To sign the lease relating to the property at [address]“ |
| Scope | Signature only or negotiation authority |
| Duration | Expiry date |
| Signature | Principal’s handwritten signature + date |
- Attach a copy of your ID card to facilitate verification
- Prefer a special mandate (limited to one specific lease) over a general mandate
- Prepare two copies: one for the agent, one to keep
- Inform the other party in advance that signing will be done by proxy
For electronic signatures (via itsme or eID), the power of attorney must be transmitted digitally before the signing session.