Self-help templates
Cease and Desist Letter
A firm letter demanding that someone stop a specific conduct (for example using your work, name or property) by a deadline.
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How to use it
- When: someone is doing something that harms you or breaks your rights (using your work, name or trademark without permission, spreading false statements, harassing you, breaching a confidentiality or non-compete promise, entering your property) and you want to ask them, in writing, to stop.
- Before you send: be sure of the facts and of your right. Collect proof (screenshots with dates, copies, witnesses).
- Fill in everything in [square brackets] and delete the options you do not use. Describe exactly what you want them to stop doing and by when.
- Keep it calm and factual. Do not insult, exaggerate or threaten anything that is not lawful.
- Send it by a method you can prove: registered post, courier, or e-mail with read receipt. Keep a copy and the proof.
- Not for: a debt (use the payment demand letter), a breach of a contract term (use the notice of breach letter), or a threat of criminal charges to get money.
What is inside
- Art. 1. Sender
- Art. 2. Recipient
- Art. 3. What is happening
- Art. 4. Why it is not permitted
- Art. 5. What I ask
- Art. 6. If you do not comply
- Art. 7. Preserve evidence
- Art. 8. If you disagree
- Notes on the clauses and a checklist of what to check under your country's law
Also in the bundle: When something goes wrong (19 €)
What these templates are not
- They are self-help templates, not legal advice, and they do not replace a lawyer.
- Laws differ from country to country, and some rules cannot be changed by contract. Each template ends with a checklist of what to check where you live.
- For a high-value or unusual situation, ask a local lawyer or notary to look at the final text.
TheLawToKnow Tools. Self-help template. Not legal advice. Check the law currently in force. Written with the help of AI tools and reviewed by a lawyer-author.