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Long-term leases: ten to ninety-nine years, registered within thirty days

Rule record · last verified 14 September 2026

In force since 10 November 2008.

Rule

A long-term lease to a foreigner runs for at least ten and at most ninety-nine years. The lease contract must be prepared by a practising advocate and signed before two witnesses, and an application to register it at the District Land Registry must be made within thirty days of signature; late applications are not accepted. The tenant receives a lease certificate recorded on the title and a real right limited to the lease term that can be transferred, mortgaged, sub-let, inherited and enforced against.[1]

Applies to

Who:
Long-term lessees

Where this rule comes from

Instrument
Immovable Property Acquisition and Long-Term Lease (Aliens) Law, No. 52/2008, consolidated with amending Law 39/2024, Article 6
Authority
Assembly of the Republic (Cumhuriyet Meclisi), TRNC
Jurisdiction
Turkish Cypriot administration (TRNC)
Basis
Legislation · asserted by us within this jurisdiction
Verification
Primary source verified. We read the primary text ourselves on 14 September 2026.
Legal review
Not yet reviewed by a named legal reviewer. Marked for priority review.

Regulatory events

History of this rule

  • — First published from the primary text. (version 1, First published)

Sources for this rule

Numbered in order of first use. Each entry names the kind of source it is and the day we read it.

  1. [1]
    Immovable Property Acquisition and Long-Term Lease (Aliens) Law, No. 52/2008, consolidated with amending Law 39/2024

    Central Legislation Office, TRNC · Legislation and gazettes · 10 November 2008 · original in Turkish · accessed 14 September 2026 · source record

Cite this record

https://northcyprusreference.com/en/rules/long-term-lease-terms

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