Report your lease and the fixed date stamp comes with it, free
Reporting a residential lease is a duty and failing to do so draws a fine, but filing the contract along with the report has the fixed date stamp granted at the same time, with no visit and no fee. The duty and the protection arrive together.
Conditions used in the video
- Leases that must be reported
- deposit above ₩60M or monthly rent above ₩300,000
- Deadline
- within 30 days of the contract date
- Grace period ended
- 2025-05-31
- Fines apply to
- contracts made on or after 2025-06-01
- Who must report
- landlord and tenant both
Results
- Fine for failing to report
- ₩20,000 to ₩300,000
- Fine for a false report
- ₩1M
- Fee for the fixed date stamp
- ₩0 (granted with the report)
- Deadline
- 30 days
- Length of the grace period
- 4 years (ended)
At a glance
The fine for failing to report is banded by how late it is and by the size of the contract. The figures below are the ceilings.
- Failure to report (minimum)₩20,000
- Failure to report (maximum)₩300,000
reduced from the earlier ₩1M
- False report₩1M
Why it works this way
Sign a residential lease and you are under a duty to report it. The rule took effect in June 2021, but a four-year grace period meant no fine was actually imposed. That grace period ended on 31 May 2025. Fines are now live.
There is a second thing to know alongside it. At the same time the grace period ended, the ceiling on the fine for failing to report fell from ₩1M to ₩300,000. Know only one of the two and you will either take it as more frightening than it is or, the other way round, treat it as something you can skip.
Look at one side only and the judgement goes wrong.
- Grace period ends2025-05-31
- Ceiling on the fine falls₩1M → ₩300,000
- Resultimposed, but lighter
Fines reach contracts made on or after 1 June 2025. Leases signed before that date are outside it.
A lease must be reported where the deposit exceeds ₩60M or the monthly rent exceeds ₩300,000. It does not take both. Either one is enough. A ₩50M deposit with ₩400,000 monthly rent is caught.
It is an 'or' condition, so one side is enough.
- Depositabove ₩60M
- or
- Monthly rentabove ₩300,000
The deadline is 30 days from the contract date. It is counted from the day you signed, not from the balance date or the day you move in.
That is the duty side of it. But the scheme has one further feature working in the tenant's favour. File the signed and sealed contract with the report and the fixed date stamp is granted along with it. No separate application, no fee.
Why the fixed date stamp is worth going out of your way for is the point of this episode. A tenant's rights come in tiers, according to what has been put in place.
Each step down includes the one above it.
- Delivery of the property + resident registrationopposability
- ＋ fixed date stamppriority repayment
- ＋ small-deposit conditionsminimum priority repayment
Opposability is the right to keep living there even if the property changes hands; priority repayment is the right to be paid out of an auction according to rank. Minimum priority repayment is a separate scheme that skips the ranking altogether, and it does not call for a fixed date stamp.
Here is the part people most often confuse. Minimum priority repayment does not need a fixed date stamp. Delivery and resident registration are enough, but the deposit must sit below the regional ceiling. What needs the fixed date stamp is priority repayment. The two rights are separate, and it is safest to have both in place.
Opposability also carries a timing trap. It takes effect from the day after delivery and resident registration are complete. A mortgage registered on the very day you file your move-in report comes ahead of you. Rank turns on a single day, so file the move-in report the day you pay the balance.
There are two ways to report. Online through the real estate transaction management system with simple authentication, or in person at the eup, myeon or dong community service centre for the area. Online is faster, since a file of the contract is all it takes.
Both landlord and tenant are under the duty. But filing the signed and sealed contract is treated as a joint report by one side. Each waiting on the other is how deadlines get missed, and the tenant is better off going first if the fixed date stamp matters.
Some leases are excluded. Short stays such as a month on Jeju, or school dormitory fees, are outside the reporting duty.
So: within 30 days of the day you signed, take the contract and report online. Avoiding the fine and securing the fixed date stamp are settled in one go.
The legal basis
Drawn from government announcements and the statutes themselves as primary sources, covering only the relevant part.
부동산 거래신고 등에 관한 법률 (reporting a residential lease)
In force in force 2021-06-01 · grace period ended 2025-05-31
A residential lease with a deposit above ₩60M or monthly rent above ₩300,000 must be reported jointly by landlord and tenant within 30 days of the date the contract is made. Filing the signed and sealed contract is treated as a joint report by one side.
What this means
Crossing either threshold is enough. The clock runs from the contract date, not the balance date. Even if the other side does nothing, filing the contract yourself completes the report.
같은 법 (fines)
In force contracts made on or after 2025-06-01
The fine for failing to report runs from ₩20,000 to ₩300,000, banded by how late the report is and by the size of the contract. A false report draws ₩1M. The ceiling for failing to report was reduced from ₩1M to ₩300,000.
What this means
Filing late and filing something untrue do not weigh the same. Even past the deadline, reporting late but truthfully is far better.
주택임대차보호법 제3조의6 (grant of the fixed date stamp)
In force in force
Where a residential lease is reported and the contract filed with it, the fixed date stamp is deemed to have been granted. No separate application or fee is required.
What this means
The report is the fixed date stamp. Discharging the duty is at the same moment the act that protects your deposit.
주택임대차보호법 제3조 · 제3조의2 (opposability and priority repayment)
In force in force
Opposability arises from the day after delivery of the property and resident registration are complete. Add the fixed date stamp and the tenant gains the right, on an auction or public sale, to be repaid the deposit in priority to junior right holders.
What this means
Opposability is the right to stay; priority repayment is the right to be paid according to rank. Because effect begins 'the day after', a mortgage registered on the day of the move-in report comes first.
Run it on your own numbers
The calculator opens with these conditions already filled in. Change the figures and your own case comes straight out.
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Frequently asked
When do the 30 days start running?
From the date the contract is made. Not the balance date, not the day you move in. The contract date written on the agreement governs.
The deposit is over the threshold but the rent is low. Must I report?
Yes. It is a deposit above ₩60M 'or' monthly rent above ₩300,000, so crossing either one is enough.
What if the landlord refuses to report?
The tenant can do it alone. Filing the signed and sealed contract is treated as a joint report by one side. If you want the fixed date stamp, going first is to your advantage.
Can I just get the fixed date stamp separately?
You can, but filing the contract when you report the lease has it granted with no visit and no fee. If the duty has to be discharged anyway, doing both at once is better.
With a fixed date stamp, am I always paid first at auction?
No. The fixed date stamp fixes your rank; it does not let you skip the ranking. A mortgage registered earlier ranks ahead of you. What skips the ranking is minimum priority repayment, and that turns not on the fixed date stamp but on the deposit ceiling and the conditions for opposability.
I have already missed the deadline. What now?
Report truthfully, even now. The fine for failing to report runs from ₩20,000 to ₩300,000, banded by how late it is, whereas a false report draws ₩1M. Being untruthful weighs far more than being late.
Are any leases exempt from reporting?
Short stays such as a month on Jeju, and school dormitory fees, are excluded from the reporting duty.
Results are estimates based on the inputs and on the rules as at the stated date. They may differ from a lender's actual assessment, and the rules change often. Take professional advice before any decision that matters.