Document template · generic.legal.demand_letter
Demand Letter
- Render-verified
- Legal-sensitive
- Version 1.0.0
Demand letter — formal written demand for payment or specific performance (or both) served before the creditor escalates to collection, arbitration or litigation. Typically functions as a 'mise en demeure' / 'ingebrekestelling' under civil-law systems, triggering default interest and interrupting limitation periods. Incorporates the statutory late-payment framework under Directive 2011/7/EU for B2B claims within the EU.
JSON Schema
Fields in this template
Data sent to the API is validated against the template’s JSON Schema before anything is rendered. This template defines 26 fields:
| Field | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| reference | Optional | string | |
| sender | Required | object | |
| sender.name | Required | string | |
| sender.address | Required | string | |
| sender.contact_email | Optional | string | |
| sender.representative_name | Optional | string | |
| sender.representative_role | Optional | string | |
| recipient | Required | object | |
| recipient.name | Required | string | |
| recipient.address | Required | string | |
| recipient.attention | Optional | string | |
| date | Required | date | |
| claim_basis | Required | string | Contract or invoice cited, factual basis of the claim. |
| amount_claimed_optional | Optional | object | |
| amount_claimed_optional.amount | Required | number | |
| amount_claimed_optional.currency | Required | string | |
| amount_claimed_optional.breakdown | Optional | array of object | |
| performance_demanded_optional | Optional | string | |
| deadline | Required | date | |
| consequences_of_non_compliance | Required | string | |
| governing_law_for_dispute | Required | string | |
| signatory | Required | object | |
| signatory.name | Required | string | |
| signatory.role | Required | string | |
| signatory.place | Optional | string | |
| signatory.date | Optional | date |
POST /render
Generate it
One POST /render call: send your JSON, get the finished PDF back. Or skip the JSON entirely and describe the document in plain language on chut.app.
curl -X POST https://api.papii.eu/render \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"template": "generic.legal.demand_letter",
"data": { ... },
"options": {"language": "en"}
}' -o demand-letter.pdf Frequently asked questions
What is “Demand Letter”?
Demand letter — formal written demand for payment or specific performance (or both) served before the creditor escalates to collection, arbitration or litigation. Typically functions as a 'mise en demeure' / 'ingebrekestelling' under civil-law systems, triggering default interest and interrupting limitation periods. Incorporates the statutory late-payment framework under Directive 2011/7/EU for B2B claims within the EU. On papii this document is available as template generic.legal.demand_letter: a JSON Schema plus a deterministic PDF renderer, so the same data always produces the same document.
Can I generate a Demand Letter with AI?
Yes. chut.app — the AI back office papii powers — fills this template from a plain-language description: you describe the document in one sentence, the AI structures the data, papii validates it against the schema and renders the PDF. Developers can also call the papii API directly with structured JSON.
Is the Demand Letter template legally compliant?
This template is render-verified: its schema, sample data and PDF output are automatically tested on every release. It is published with status “ready”, meaning it has not yet been through papii’s final legal review. Where it references specific legislation, that is stated in the template description — always have a professional check documents with legal effect before relying on them.