israeli-rental-agreements

Verify the landlord's identity and ownership via a Tabu extract, confirm the eight mandatory Second Schedule particulars are present, and check for void clauses such as landlord-only cancellation rights, guarantees above the statutory cap, and charges for building insurance or the landlord's broker fee. Photograph the apartment and annex a condition report.

Section 25י(ב) caps guarantees that cost the tenant money, such as cash or a bank guarantee, at the lower of three months' rent or one-third of the total lease value. Promissory notes and personal guarantors fall outside this cap but remain bound by the realisation, notice, and return rules.

No, unless the contract contains an express mechanism such as a CPI index-linkage clause. Without one, rent is fixed for the term. At renewal or between terms there is no statutory cap, and the parties negotiate a new figure.

No. It covers residential rentals only, including tenant rights, landlord obligations, deposits, and eviction procedures. It explicitly excludes commercial leases, property purchase transactions, and mortgage advice.

The landlord must return the guarantee within 60 days of the apartment being returned, and may realise it only on four closed statutory grounds after giving advance notice and a chance to cure. A withheld deposit can be claimed in small claims court, currently up to NIS 39,900.

No. Section 25טו(ב) disapplies only one contracting-out provision for leases with a relative, so every other protection applies unless the relatives expressly agree otherwise. Treating family leases as fully excluded is a common error.