Tenancy and Loan Law, 5731-1971

חוק השכירות והשאילה, תשל"א-1971

Published: 1971-08-05Consolidated Hebrew text as of 2026-04-02 · Last amended 2026-03-31✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-28

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First Schedule (Sections 25a and 25f)

An apartment is unfit for habitation if any of the following conditions exist:

(1)it does not include a drainage system, including a system for the regular disposal of sewage and wastewater;

(2)it does not include an electrical system or a lighting system;

(3)it has no ventilation and natural lighting openings, as well as doors and windows for closing such openings, including a main entrance door with a locking mechanism;

(4)it does not include a system for the supply of drinking water;

(5)it does not include a partition between the toilet facilities and the apartment;

(6)it presents an unreasonable risk to the safety or health of the lessee.

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Second Schedule (Section 25c)

A residential lease contract shall include, inter alia, the following:

(1)the address of the let apartment;

(2)the names of the parties to the contract, their identity card numbers and their addresses;

(3)a description of the let apartment, its furniture and fixtures, including a description of the common property areas attached to the apartment that have been let;

(4)the lease period, the existence of an option to extend the period and the terms of such option, and the existence of a right to cancel the contract and the terms of cancellation;

(5)the rent, the date of payment and the manner of payment;

(6)additional payments applying to the lessee that are not rent, if any, and their amount;

(7)any defect or other non-trivial fault in the let apartment known to the lessor at the time of conclusion of the contract, and any other matter in the let apartment or its surroundings or in the asset serving it that causes or is likely to cause substantial interference with the use of the let apartment and is known to the lessor at the time of conclusion of the contract;

(8)additional particulars prescribed by the Minister of Justice.

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