{"id":2454,"date":"2020-06-29T13:11:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T05:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/?p=2454"},"modified":"2022-10-31T09:37:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T01:37:03","slug":"tenancy-failure-to-pay-rental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/tenancy-failure-to-pay-rental\/","title":{"rendered":"TENANCY \u2013 FAILURE TO PAY RENTAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Recently, my tenant is citing financial constraint due to the Movement Control Order (MCO) and Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) and refused to pay his\/her rental. As a landlord, what can I do?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Step 1: <\/strong>Check your tenancy agreement.\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_2455\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2455\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2455\" src=\"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/tenancy-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"Many landlords are facing issue on how to deal with tenants that refused to pay their rental.\" width=\"300\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/tenancy-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/tenancy-768x276.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/tenancy-600x215.jpg 600w, https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/tenancy.jpg 825w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many landlords are facing issue on how to deal with tenants that refused to pay their rental.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li><strong>Step 2: <\/strong>Read your tenancy agreement. Check whether your tenancy agreement provide what to do if there is non-payment of rental.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Step 3: <\/strong>Demand for the outstanding rental and state when is the outstanding rental due.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Step 4: <\/strong>If there is still no payment, proceed to engage a lawyer to issue a Notice to Quit to your tenant. You may issue a Notice to Quit yourself. Terminate the tenancy agreement on the ground of non-payment of rental.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>What is a Notice to Quit?<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>It is a notice of eviction to inform the tenant the specific time of the eviction from the landlord\u2019s property due to the tenant\u2019s failure to pay outstanding rental and utilities charges.<br \/>\nNotice to Quit is important to calculate double rent.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What is a double rent?<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Pursuant to section 28(4)(a) of the Civil Law Act 1956, landlord is entitled to charge double rent from the date of expiry of the notice to quit.<br \/>\nThe double rent continues to be chargeable until possession is given by the tenant.<br \/>\n(<em>Rohasassets Sdn Bhd v Weatherford (M) Sdn Bhd &amp; Anor [2020] 1 CLJ 638)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, my tenant is citing financial constraint due to the Movement Control Order (MCO) and Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) and refused to pay his\/her rental. 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