Q: Our rental contract expired. We were officially served with an eviction notice. The landlord has since sold the property. The new owner has asked us to vacate the property… A: You have the right to stay until August 2023. The new owner has the option to agree to rent the property to you or not…

Hello, They definitely, both of them, don't have the right to do so now and if you need, we can renew your contract by court force now. Our office manager in Dubai can give you more details. Please contact him via WhatsApp if you are interested.

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Does the new owner need to serve eviction notice to the tenant if the old owner served it?

Q: Hi, I just bought a villa in Dubai, wherein the previous owner had served an eviction notice in Aug. to the tenant with the reason that he intends to sell the property. Based on this eviction notice, I bought the property, and now I was told that I need to serve a new eviction notice to the tenant again as a new owner. If I do this, then the tenant will get 12 months to vacate from the new notice date. Then what is the use of the old eviction notice? As I understand the new owner will need to honor all obligations of the old landlord and in which case the new landlord should also be entitled to the right of eviction notice served by the old landlord, right? Kindly clarify

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The validity of an eviction notice when the apartment is sold

Q: Hi Maryam, I am a tenant in Dubai. My previous landlord served me an eviction notice of 12 months on the premise of moving in through a notary, and now he sold the apartment to a new landlord. Is the eviction notice still valid? Or does the new owner have to send me a new one? Many thanks!

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Can a new landlord enforce a notice to vacate given by the previous landlord?

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, My previous landlord in Dubai had given me a 12-month notarized notice to vacate the property as he intended to sell it. However, the property was sold within 3 months and the new landlord is now trying to enforce the previous notice. I have heard that, as per a recent RERA ruling, the notice to vacate cannot be transferred from the old landlord to the new one. Could you please confirm if this is correct, and if so, what should be my next steps?

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Is the eviction notice still valid after changing ownership?

Q: Hello, I recently bought a property in Dubai with the intention of moving in. However, there is a current tenant who was served an eviction notice by the previous landlord. The eviction notice is set to expire on June 8, 2023. I have asked the tenant when they plan to move out, but they are refusing and claiming that the eviction notice is void because there has been a change in ownership. My question is whether the tenant is correct and the eviction notice is no longer valid, or if it is still valid and the tenant should vacate the property by June 8.

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What happens to the rent increase and eviction notice upon selling the property to a new owner?

Q: I am a tenant in a villa. The landlord wants to sell the property to a new owner who wants to move in. My rental agreement is till August 15, which means my 90-day increase notice is due on May 15. Three parts to this question: 1. If the current owner serves me a 12-month notice, can the new owners still increase my rent? 2. If the current owner doesn't accept my counter-offer for the rental increase that he served before the notice (My offer is in line with the RERA calculations, but his is not), can he legally increase my rent if I get an eviction notice? 3. Is my eviction notice still valid if the sale of the property goes through? Or must the new owner serve me a new notice? Thanks in advance

May 11, 2023

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Procedures of the Rental Dispute Settlement Center in Dubai

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Law No. (26) of 2007 Regulating the Relationship between Landlords and Tenants in the Emirate of Dubai

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Provisions of this Law supersede articles (2), (3), (4), (9), (13), (14), (15), (25), (26), (29), and (36) of Law No. (26) of 2007 Regulating the Relationship between Landlords and Tenants in the Emirate of Dubai.

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