Kuwait overhauls real estate rental provisions with new Decree

• The rent stipulated in the lease contract must be a specific amount and must be paid on a specified date. The lease contract must be notarized and signed with the executive formula.

Decree Law 95/2024, recently issued and published in the Official Gazette, updates several provisions of Decree 35/1978 concerning real estate rental, according to Al Rai newspaper.

The decree stipulated in its first article that the following two texts be added:

Article (11/repeated): It mandates the landlord and tenant may agree to ratify the lease contract and make it an enforceable instrument to collect late rent after notifying the tenant and submitting a certificate stating that the rent has not been deposited. The following conditions must be met:

• The lease contract must be written and signed by both the landlord and the tenant.
• The rent stipulated in the lease contract must be a specific amount and must be paid on a specified date. The lease contract must be notarized and signed with the executive formula.

Article 26 (New Paragraph): Appeals of judgments issued by the Rent Departments shall be heard by the General Court in an appellate capacity.

Article Two stipulates that all cases pending before the Court of Appeal in all its departments shall be referred to the General Court, except for cases reserved for judgment, which must be decided within one month.