What is a tenancy agreement?

According to Article 472 of the 2015 Civil Code, a house lease contract is an agreement between the parties, whereby the lessor delivers the property (in this case, a house) to the lessee for use for a period of time and The lessee must pay the rent.

Does the rental contract have to be notarized or authenticated?

According to Clause 2, Article 122 of the 2014 Housing Law, in case an organization donates a house of gratitude or charity; buying, selling, leasing and purchasing state-owned housing; buying, selling, renting and purchasing social housing, housing for resettlement; Capital contribution by housing with one party being an organization; If you rent, lend, stay, or authorize housing management, it is not required to notarize or authenticate the contract, unless the parties so wish.

Thus, a housing rental contract must be made in writing but is not required to be notarized or authenticated, unless requested by the parties to the contract. However, individuals and organizations are encouraged to authenticate and notarize the rental contract when renting a house to ensure the rights of all parties during the rental process.

The following is a real case in practice and a small aspect of the benefits of notarization , authenticate the rental contract:

In a locality K, a group of subjects came to ask a person A to ask and offer to rent person A's house and person A agreed to rent it. During the rental process, this group of subjects showed suspicious behavior and signs and were investigated and monitored by the police for transactions in buying and selling banned substances and using banned substances. , until one day the authorities had enough evidence after the monitoring process, the investigating police agency decided to temporarily detain the group of subjects mentioned above and the investigating police agency issued an invitation to summon the person. A, the landlord, came forward to report the incident. As for the landlord, person A, the investigators suspected that the landlord and the above group of subjects were acting in association and accomplices with each other. of the above violation, however, with his transparency and cleanliness, person A has proven that between person A and the group of tenants mentioned above there is only one transaction, the house rental. (This incident is a real incident in reality, we advise everyone to be vigilant and truly alert to decide on matters related to the law in the most wise way). There are many other benefits and rights from many angles and practical aspects from notarization, contract authentication, and civil transactions.

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