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expat-services.ch lists 4 hand-checked English-speaking rental deposit guarantee providers in Zug: Firstcaution, goCaution, SmartCaution and SwissCaution.
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FINMA-authorised specialist for rent guarantees without bank deposit for private and commercial leases, with flexible payment and help recovering existing deposits.
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Is this your business?Online rental deposit insurance replacing a cash deposit, with pre-approval certificates for applicants, commercial deposit cover and release of existing deposit accounts.
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Is this your business?FINMA-authorised Swiss insurer founded 2007 offering rent guarantees without bank deposit for tenants and companies.
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Is this your business?Pioneer of Swiss rental guarantees without bank deposit: tenant pays an annual premium instead of blocking cash; also commercial leases and provisional certificates.
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Is this your business?Local facts
A Zug landlord may ask for three months' rent at most, held in a bank account in the tenant's name (Fedlex, checked ). Disputes over a deposit go to the cantonal Schlichtungsbehörde Miet- und Pachtrecht at Baarerstrasse 131, open Monday to Friday 08:30–11:45 and 14:00–17:00. Its tenancy advice is free of charge for tenants and landlords, held in person on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 14:30 to 17:30 (Canton of Zug, checked ).
A request for conciliation is made on the official form in four copies, or electronically. The hearing is not public and sits before a chair plus one tenant and one landlord representative. At the claimant's request the authority can decide a money dispute up to CHF 2,000; otherwise it issues a permit to sue, after which the claim must be filed within 30 days (Canton of Zug, checked ).
The proceedings are generally free, with exceptions for frivolous litigation or obstructive conduct (Canton of Zug, checked ). Federal procedure law generally charges no court costs for conciliation proceedings (Fedlex, checked ).
Foreign nationals arriving in Zug register with the cantonal migration office (Amt für Migration, Aabachstrasse 1) within 14 days (2026) (Amt für Migration Zug, checked ), EU/EFTA citizens by posting form A1. The City of Zug's residents' office in the Stadthaus receives the registration automatically and charges nothing (stadtzug.ch, checked ). Swiss citizens report a move through eUmzug. More in registering at your commune.
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