diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/DocumentList.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/DocumentList.svelte
index 8d29c870..e0cc4d17 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/DocumentList.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/DocumentList.svelte
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ let {
 	error,
 	total = 0,
 	q = '',
-	sort = 'DATE'
+	sort = 'DATE',
+	from = '',
+	to = ''
 }: {
 	items: DocumentListItem[];
 	canWrite: boolean;
@@ -23,8 +25,15 @@ let {
 	total?: number;
 	q?: string;
 	sort?: SortMode;
+	from?: string;
+	to?: string;
 } = $props();
 
+// A from/to range excludes undated documents — when it yields nothing, the
+// empty state must say so explicitly (a localized constant, never a reflected
+// backend string). Issue #668.
+const hasDateRange = $derived(!!from || !!to);
+
 const groups = $derived.by(() => {
 	if (sort === 'SENDER') return groupBySender(items);
 	if (sort === 'RECEIVER') return groupByReceiver(items);
@@ -119,7 +128,13 @@ function groupByReceiver(docItems: DocumentListItem[]) {
 			</div>
 			<h3 class="font-serif text-lg font-medium text-ink">{m.docs_empty_heading()}</h3>
 			<p class="mt-1 font-sans text-sm text-ink-2">
-				{q ? m.docs_empty_for_term({ term: q }) : m.docs_empty_text()}
+				{#if hasDateRange}
+					{m.docs_range_excludes_undated()}
+				{:else if q}
+					{m.docs_empty_for_term({ term: q })}
+				{:else}
+					{m.docs_empty_text()}
+				{/if}
 			</p>
 			<button
 				onclick={() => goto('/documents')}
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/DocumentList.svelte.spec.ts b/frontend/src/routes/DocumentList.svelte.spec.ts
index a21be4b4..aae2abca 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/DocumentList.svelte.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/DocumentList.svelte.spec.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ function makeItem(overrides: Partial<DocumentListItem> = {}): DocumentListItem {
 		title: 'Testbrief',
 		originalFilename: 'testbrief.pdf',
 		documentDate: '2024-03-15',
+		metaDatePrecision: 'DAY',
 		sender: undefined,
 		receivers: [],
 		tags: [],
@@ -278,3 +279,85 @@ describe('DocumentList – DocumentRow delegation', () => {
 		await expect.element(mark).toHaveTextContent('Brief');
 	});
 });
+
+// ─── Undated badge in person-grouped modes (#668) ────────────────────────────
+
+describe('DocumentList – undated badge in person grouping', () => {
+	const sender = {
+		id: 's1',
+		lastName: 'Mustermann',
+		displayName: 'Max Mustermann',
+		personType: 'PERSON' as const,
+		familyMember: false,
+		provisional: false
+	};
+	const receiver = {
+		id: 'r1',
+		lastName: 'Brandt',
+		displayName: 'Felix Brandt',
+		personType: 'PERSON' as const,
+		familyMember: false,
+		provisional: false
+	};
+
+	it('shows the undated badge on a row under SENDER grouping', async () => {
+		const items = [
+			makeItem({ id: '1', documentDate: undefined, metaDatePrecision: 'UNKNOWN', sender })
+		];
+		render(DocumentList, { ...baseProps, items, total: 1, sort: 'SENDER' });
+		await expect.element(page.getByTestId('undated-badge').first()).toBeInTheDocument();
+	});
+
+	it('shows the undated badge on a row under RECEIVER grouping', async () => {
+		const items = [
+			makeItem({
+				id: '1',
+				documentDate: undefined,
+				metaDatePrecision: 'UNKNOWN',
+				receivers: [receiver]
+			})
+		];
+		render(DocumentList, { ...baseProps, items, total: 1, sort: 'RECEIVER' });
+		await expect.element(page.getByTestId('undated-badge').first()).toBeInTheDocument();
+	});
+
+	it('keeps an undated letter under its sender, not in a synthetic undated sub-group', async () => {
+		const items = [
+			makeItem({ id: '1', documentDate: '1916-06-15', metaDatePrecision: 'DAY', sender }),
+			makeItem({ id: '2', documentDate: undefined, metaDatePrecision: 'UNKNOWN', sender })
+		];
+		render(DocumentList, { ...baseProps, items, total: 2, sort: 'SENDER' });
+		// One sender card; no "Undatiert" group header inside person-grouped mode.
+		await expect
+			.element(page.getByTestId('group-header').filter({ hasText: 'Max Mustermann' }))
+			.toBeInTheDocument();
+		await expect.element(page.getByText('Undatiert')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+		const cards = page.getByTestId('group-card');
+		await expect.element(cards.nth(1)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+	});
+});
+
+// ─── Date-range / undated empty state (#668) ─────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('DocumentList – range-excludes-undated empty state', () => {
+	it('explains that a date range excludes undated documents when from/to active and no results', async () => {
+		render(DocumentList, {
+			...baseProps,
+			items: [],
+			total: 0,
+			from: '1920-01-01',
+			to: '1930-12-31'
+		});
+		await expect
+			.element(page.getByText(/Datumsfilter schließt undatierte Dokumente aus/))
+			.toBeInTheDocument();
+	});
+
+	it('shows the generic empty state when no date range is active', async () => {
+		render(DocumentList, { ...baseProps, items: [], total: 0 });
+		await expect.element(page.getByText(/Keine Dokumente/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+		await expect
+			.element(page.getByText(/Datumsfilter schließt undatierte Dokumente aus/))
+			.not.toBeInTheDocument();
+	});
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/documents/+page.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/documents/+page.svelte
index d2f05de5..f938334a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/documents/+page.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/documents/+page.svelte
@@ -343,6 +343,8 @@ $effect(() => {
 		canWrite={data.canWrite}
 		error={data.error}
 		sort={sort}
+		from={data.from}
+		to={data.to}
 	/>
 
 	<Pagination page={data.pageNumber} totalPages={data.totalPages} makeHref={buildPageHref} />