The landlord sold the house. Is the tenant's lease effective?

Author:The highest law Time:2022.09.07

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This is the first law named after the founding of New China. This is a category known as the "encyclopedia of social life". The civil code involves all aspects of social life, running through you and me. On the occasion of the second anniversary of the promulgation of the Civil Code, the Supreme People's Court News Bureau specially launched a column of the "Answers to the Cases of Reading the Code", inviting Li Xiuping, He Hongmei, Cui Zhigang, and Zhang Zhonglu of the Central Radio and Television Circies to lead the Code of the Code of the Code of the Code, and Summarizing the implementation of typical cases of civil law, a typical case of civil law, and also designed a number of civil code knowledge and answers, let us learn the codes, read cases, and answer questions.

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Episode 99

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Question: During the renting house, the landlord sold the house. Regarding the lease contract of Xiao Lan and the landlord, the following statement was correct ()

A. The lease contract is valid, and the change of house ownership does not affect the effectiveness of the lease contract;

B. The lease contract is invalid, Xiao Lan needs to sign a contract with the new landlord;

C. The effectiveness of the lease contract is to be determined, depending on whether the new landlord is recognized;

D. The lease contract is invalid because the property rights of the house have changed.

Answer: A

According to the relevant provisions of Article 725 of the Civil Code, if the leased property changes the ownership within the period of the lease contract, the leaser does not affect the effectiveness of the lease contract.

Source: Supreme People's Court News Bureau, Guangdong Provincial Intermediate People's Court

Drawing: Bai Ran 丨 Editor: Meng Xiangyu

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