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What can I do if the landlord rejected the offer & deposit and sent me an eviction notice?
I did an offer and deposit case on 18 February 2025 to renew the Ejari at the same rate of AED 80,000 with 4 cheques. Expiry date of previous Ejari was 24 February 2025.
I got Ejari from RDC, and everything was smooth for the year 25/26. However, the bank had our cheque returned due to an irregular signature.
As the landlord, which is a property management company, has a bully lawyer, he didn't want to accept cash nor a bank transfer, or another cheque.
So I had to do another offer and deposit case on top of the one I did on 18th February.
The lawyer of the landlord has sent me an eviction notice stating it is not legally permissible for me to link the new offer and deposit to pay the 20,000 AED installment from 25 August 2025 to 24 November 2025.
However, the RDC judge had approved my offer and deposit and sent me a pay order, which I have paid.
I want to know whether this eviction will stand, as RDC will only give this cash to the landlord, or if they need NOC from the landlord to return the money to me.
Kindly help
Hello,
From what you describe, you already secured renewal of the tenancy contract for 2025/2026 through the offer and deposit procedure, and Ejari was issued at AED 80,000 with four instalments.
The only dispute was over the mode of payment (cheque irregularity).
Once you filed the second offer and deposit case and the RDC accepted the payment, issued the pay order, and you paid the instalment into court, this means legally you have discharged your rent obligation for that period.
Under Dubai rental law (Law No. 26 of 2007 as amended), the landlord cannot seek eviction simply on the basis of refusing a valid rent payment. Article 25(1) clearly limits the cases in which eviction may be ordered, including if the tenant fails to pay rent within 30 days of being notified.
Since you deposited rent in court through an official RDC mechanism, you are not in default.
The court is the custodian of the funds until the landlord collects, and the landlord does not need to issue you an NOC to validate the payment.
An eviction notice from the landlord’s lawyer has no legal effect unless it is grounded in one of the statutory grounds and pursued through RDC.
Since the RDC already approved your deposit, the eviction will not stand on the basis of “non-payment” because, legally, you have paid.
The landlord’s refusal to accept cash, transfer, or replacement cheque is not a valid ground for eviction when the tenant has complied through the official offer and deposit channel.
In short, the landlord cannot both refuse to collect the rent and claim non-payment for eviction purposes. Your position is strong, and the eviction threat should not succeed before RDC if challenged.
