Andrejs
Lawyer · Riga, Latvia
- 61 cases handled
- 10+ years in practice
- Speaks: English, French, Russian, Latvian
- Law, University of Bordeaux/Riga Graduate School of Law
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5.00(1 review)
A rental agreement in Latvia, also called a tenancy agreement, a lease agreement or a rental contract, sets almost everything that later decides a dispute: the term, the rent and how it may change, repairs, the deposit and the way the agreement ends. This page is about lease and rental contract review and drafting: checking an agreement before signing and writing one that fits the property and the parties. Latvian law uses two words: īres līgums for renting a home and nomas līgums for leasing land or business premises. Some older lists and lawyer pages call this service “Property Lease Review & Drafting”.
Foreign tenants offered a Latvian agreement they cannot fully read, owners letting a flat while living abroad, and businesses taking or offering premises.
Under the Residential Tenancy Law (Dzīvojamo telpu īres likums) a home is let under a written agreement for a fixed term. The agreement can be entered in the Land Register (Zemesgrāmata); the entry is not compulsory, but it makes the agreement binding on a later buyer of the property and gives the landlord a simplified route for unpaid rent and eviction. Separately, the owner's income from letting is taxed, and the State Revenue Service (VID) has its own rules on registering and reporting it.
The lawyer reads or drafts the agreement in Latvian and English, explains each clause, negotiates changes and, if the parties want, arranges the entry in the Land Register. Other business contracts are covered by contract review and advice; when a tenancy goes wrong, see landlord and tenant disputes or tenant and squatter eviction.
No, but an unregistered agreement gives fewer protections: a new owner may not be bound by it, and enforcement takes longer.
The current law asks for a fixed term, and the agreement can provide for an extension. Older open-ended agreements follow transitional rules.
It can be a starting point. A lawyer adapts it to the property, the parties and the registration the owner has in mind.
It is a nomas līgums, under different rules from renting a home, and the parties negotiate the terms more freely.
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