追討欠租及收樓 Recovering outstanding rent and getting back the property

 追討欠租及收樓

租賃協議一般包括租客未能依時交租，業主可按租賃協議在租客未能依時交租時追討租金並收回物業。如果租賃協議沒有沒收租賃權的條款，租客嚴重拖欠租金或已搬離物業，業主可根據香港法例第7章 《業主與租客(綜合)條例》第117(3)條（住宅物業）或第126條（非住宅物業），當租客在到期日十五天內沒有繳交租金，業主有權收回物業及終止租賃。業主可視乎欠租的金額向土地審裁處、區域法院或高等法院原訟庭申請管有令狀收回物業及追討欠租。如果業主無意收回物業只想追討欠租，業主可視乎追討金額於小額錢債審裁處、區域法院或高等法院原訟庭申索。業主還可申請財物扣押令，檢取、出售物業內的可動產以清償所欠租金。不過扣押令較複雜，一般由專業人士處理。

Recovering outstanding rent and getting back the property

A landlord may recover outstanding rent and get back the property from the tenant if the tenancy agreement provides a clause which concerns forfeiture and termination of tenancy when the tenant fails to duly pay the rent. Even if the tenancy agreement is silent about it, if the tenant defaults payments seriously or has already been absconded, the landlord has a right of forfeiture upon non-payment of rent within 15 days of the due date under section 117(3) of the Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance for tenancies of domestic properties and section 126 for tenancies of non-domestic properties. Landlords may forfeit the property and recover the rent for the remaining term of the tenancy by filing claims at the Lands Tribunal, District Court or Court of First Instance depending on the amount of outstanding rent. Landlords may also elect to recover the outstanding rent only without regaining possession to the property by making a claim to the Small Claims Tribunal, District Court or the Court of First Instance depending on the amount of outstanding rent. It is also possible to have an action for distress to seize and sell goods found in the rented property to recover the rent arrears, but the application is complicated. You are advised to take legal advice before taking an action for distress.