Spanish laws make it a long process to enable a landlord to evict a tenant from a rented property.The process is lengthy and also costly.The landlord has to apply for an eviction order and if it is agreed then the tenant has 20 days to leave the property.If they choose not to leave the property then another eviction order has to be applied for and all of this takes time when more than likely rents are not being paid.
From December 24 2009 a new law will come into force.Under this legislation landlords and tenants can make an agreement that if the tenant leaves within 15 days of the eviction then they do not need to pay and the debt is cancelled.
Notification will also be different in that if the court cannot deliver the notice of eviction to the tenant directly then the notice will be published on the noticeboard of the local magisrates board.If the tenant does not turn up at court for a hearing then an eviction will be ordered for the tenant to vacate the property after one month.
Critics of these new laws say that it will still leave landlords out of pocket even though it is meant to release more property for rental.
