SANTO DOMINGO.- Yes, it has happened and continues to happen that some tenants, for various reasons—illness, financial hardship or unemployment, family conflicts, or even laziness or a desire to make life difficult for the landlord—overstay their lease . In these cases, the guarantor will be responsible for fulfilling the financial obligations of the rent. The role of the joint and several guarantor is crucial in these situations.
Chapter III on rent, legal expenses, price adjustment and term of the rental contract of the new Real Estate Rental and Eviction Law approved by Congress, and not yet approved by the Executive Branch, refers to the obligations of the figure called joint guarantor.
Paragraph I deals with the following: "The owner or landlord reserves the right to require the tenant or lessee to provide proof, who, in the absence of the tenant, assumes all the obligations of the contract towards the owners."
It couldn't be clearer in paragraph II, which establishes that the joint guarantor bears a heavy burden. Let's read: "In the case of tacit renewal, the obligations of the joint guarantor extend until the delivery of the property to the owner, unless the latter has communicated the termination of the contract within the agreed time."
In other words, any decision must be by mutual agreement between the parties (owner and tenant) in order to avoid conflicts or litigation in the courts.
Rental period
"The rental period will be determined by the parties. This period will be stipulated in the contract
and will be automatically extended when the parties have not expressed their intention not to renew it. In the verbal housing contract, it is presumed that the rental period is at least one year and for properties intended for commerce or non-profit activity, two years," states article nine.
Paragraph 1 states that at the end of the term set in the contract, the parties may agree on a term for its renewal.
