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Updated September 2026

🐀 Rats, cockroaches or bedbugs — who do I report an infestation to?

Direct answer

In a rental the landlord deals with pests that come from the building — rats, cockroaches, mice — unless you demonstrably caused them; bedbugs are argued about everywhere, but the landlord still has to act. Report in writing. Obecní / městský úřad — odbor životního prostředí, přestupková komise (portal.gov.cz) — the municipality — has a pest-control service or a duty to act on public-health grounds and handles rats in the street or in bins. Krajská hygienická stanice (mzcr.cz) inspects unhealthy housing and can order the landlord to treat. Sdružení nájemníků ČR (SON) (234 463 343) decides rent reduction if the home is partly unusable.

Call firstObecní / městský úřad — odbor životního prostředí, přestupková komise
Report toKrajská hygienická stanice
If that failsSdružení nájemníků ČR (SON)

🗣️ What to say

"Since [date] there are [rats / cockroaches / bedbugs] at [address], photos attached. Please arrange professional pest control by [deadline] and find the source. Until the home is pest-free I reduce the rent by [%]."

🪜 Step by step

  1. DocumentPhotos, dates, where; bedbug bites and traces on the mattress; rat droppings and holes.
  2. Report to the landlord in writingWith a deadline. Ask for a professional company and for the source (drains, waste room, neighbour) to be dealt with.
  3. Municipality: Obecní / městský úřad — odbor životního prostředí, přestupková komiseFor rats outside and for landlords who do nothing; many cities treat rats for free.
  4. Inspection: Krajská hygienická staniceEnvironmental health can declare the home unhealthy and order treatment.
  5. Rent reduction: Sdružení nájemníků ČR (SON)Backdated to the report, proportional to the rooms you cannot use.

📇 All contacts

Obecní / městský úřad — odbor životního prostředí, přestupková komiseNuisances, roads, waste, registration, lost propertyFor anything the municipality handles🔗 portal.gov.cz
Krajská hygienická staniceHousing hygiene, mould, pests, noiseWhen health is at risk at home🔗 www.mzcr.cz/krajske-hygienicke-stanice
Sdružení nájemníků ČR (SON)Free tenant advice, mediationWhen the demand did not work📞 234 463 343🔗 www.son.cz
dTest — spotřebitelská poradnaLegal advice, template lettersBefore you write, on deductions and deadlines📞 299 149 009🔗 www.dtest.cz/poradna

❓ Frequently asked

Bedbugs: who pays?

Practice varies. Most tenancy bodies make the landlord treat and only charge the tenant if the tenant clearly brought them in — which is very hard to prove.

The whole building is infested

Then it is the building's problem and the landlord must treat all flats at once; single-flat treatment fails. Tell Krajská hygienická stanice — they can order a building-wide programme.

Can I break the lease?

If the home is unfit and the landlord will not act, an inspection report supports termination without notice in most countries.

📎 Sources

Last checked: 2026-09-26

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