Tomorrow...Electronic Certification of Residential Lease Contracts will begin In Muscat Governorate; Muscat Municipality launches online registration of tenancy :
Within the digital transformation of municipal services, and in the interest of the relationship regulation between owner and tenant. Tomorrow, Thursday, Muscat Municipality will begin the service activation of registering lease contracts through electronic certification. The first stage of the service is limited to the electronic certification of new residential lease contracts only. In the first stage, the service targets all society`s members, with the exception of all types of legitimate agencies and government entities, which will be dealt with according to previously followed procedures.
Muscat Municipality attaches great importance to the issue of documenting and authenticating rental contracts, as the rental contract constitutes a system of protection and preservation of the rights of both parties to the contract, the owner and the tenant, within the applicable legal framework. It is a contract under which the lessor undertakes to enable the lessee to benefit from a specific thing for a specific period in exchange for a known fee. Documentation of the lease contract contributes to reducing the chance of disputes and problems arising later between the two parties to the contract.
Electronically certified lease contracts can be relied on as an official document that is recognized by various authorities, including the judicial authority, and is consistent with the requirements of facilitation of litigation procedures in the courts.
It also ensures that the lease contract is officially documented and confirmed by the municipality in the tenant’s data documentation, which provides information about all dealers in the rental sector. In addition to establishing a fair system of tax compliance that enhances the efforts of Muscat Municipality in services` provide and its development projects` completion