Dubai Rental Contract Review Checklist
20 critical items to verify before signing any Dubai tenancy agreement — from names and unit numbers to maintenance clauses and post-dated cheques.
Signed by: Sarah Al Qasimi (Lead Editor). Fact-checked by the full editorial team.
Signing a rental contract in Dubai without a checklist is a risk. Many disputes that end up before the Rental Dispute Settlement Centre involve clauses that one party says were agreed verbally but are not in the contract. What is not written does not exist legally.
This checklist covers the most commonly disputed and most commonly overlooked elements of a Dubai tenancy contract. Read every item on this list while holding your contract. If anything is missing or incorrect, ask for it to be corrected before you sign and before you hand over any cheques.
Remember: once you have signed and the Ejari is registered, the contract is legally binding and costly to exit early.
Dubai Rental Contract Review Checklist
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