Civil Transactions Law · Federal Decree-Law 25 of 2025
Article 730
Section Two: Contracts of Usufruct > Chapter One: Lease Contract > Part Four: Termination and Rescission of the Lease Contract
English translation
The lease contract shall terminate upon the expiration of the period specified in the contract without the need for a notice to vacate, unless the law or the agreement provides otherwise.
Official translation, as published by the portal.
Official Arabic text
ينتهي عقد الإيجار بانتهاء المدة المعيّنة في العقد دون الحاجة إلى الإخطار بالإخلاء، ما لم ينص القانون أو الاتفاق على غير ذلك.
What it means when you sign
A lease ends when the period fixed in the contract expires. No notice to vacate is needed for this to happen, unless the law or the agreement provides otherwise.
For a contract about to be signed, this article is relevant to the clause on duration, expiry and notice. It means a lease with a fixed term comes to an end at the end of that term by itself, and neither side has to send a notice to vacate for the lease to finish. The point matters for a tenant planning to stay on, since the lease does not carry on merely because no one sent a notice. It also matters for a landlord who expects a notice step. The lease can nevertheless say something different: a notice requirement in the contract, or a rule in the law, changes the position. When reading a lease, it is worth checking whether it contains any notice requirement before the end date, and how it deals with the tenant staying on after the term ends.
Not yet cited in a Fahm report; shown because it sits in the same chapter as one that is.
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- Article 732Cited in Fahm reportsThis article covers what happens when the landlord tells the tenant to leave and the tenant stays on after the lease has expired.
- Article 733A lease does not end when the landlord dies, and it does not end when the tenant dies.
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- Article 19Cited in Fahm reportsThis article says which country's law governs a contract's obligations, both its form and its substance.
- Article 20This article says which country's law governs obligations that do not come from a contract, such as those arising from an act that causes harm.