Is it permissible for the lessor to impose additional fees when renewing the contract?

Lawyer Shouq Al Kathiri said, “The texts and laws related to rent in the Emirates are devoid of any text requiring or permitting the landlord to impose an additional fee in exchange for renewing the contract, with the exception of the government fees imposed for the process of ratifying and documenting the lease contract, taking into account that some of these laws were established Imposing attestation and documentation, and then paying the prescribed fees, on the landlord, not the tenant, but at the same time those laws permitted agreement on otherwise.

It stated that this opinion is based on Law No. 20/2006 regarding renting places and regulating the rental relationship between landlords and tenants in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Law No. 26/2007 regarding regulating the relationship between landlords and tenants of real estate in the Emirate of Dubai, and Law No. 2/2007 regarding regulating the relationship. between landlords and tenants in the Emirate of Sharjah, and Law No. 2/2017 issuing the Real Estate Rents Law in the Emirate of Ajman, and the law No. 3/2008 regarding regulating the relationship between landlords and tenants of real estate in the Emirate of Umm Al Quwain, and Law No. 1/2011 regarding renting places in the Emirate of Fujairah, its amendments, and the executive regulations and decisions issued in this regard.

Shawq Al Kathiri:

The texts and laws related to rent in the Emirates do not contain any text that requires or allows the landlord to impose an additional fee in exchange for renewing the contract.