From January 1, 2026 becomes Compulsory Payment of All Real Estate Rents through bank accountunder Article 210 of Law 5222/2025. The new arrangement is now expanding to housing leasesin practice abolishing the right provided by Article 601 of the Civil Code for repayment at the landlord’s place of residence.

In its today’s announcement, POMIDA stresses that sanctions provided for both of them owners as well as their tenantswhich necessitates timely adaptation to the new requirements.

Instructions to avoid fines

Although most of the rents are already being paid banking, POMIDA gives the first -time real estate guidelines for the timely preparation and trouble -free implementation of the above provision, so that they do not risk being subject to the ‘unjust’ penalty:

1. In all new or extension leasing agreements but also in the initial or amending lease information statements in the relevant application of AADE, we recommend the classic term of place, how and time of payment of the rent is now shaped as follows:

“The rent will be paid exclusively by depositing or transferring to the bank’s bank account with IBAN ………….… .. of the bank …………….…. (or that has been announced to the lessee) within the first day of each lease month, with any transmission costs borne by the lessee and will be proved solely by the banking proof of deposit or transfer if it has been executed. Any refusal of the lessee for timely banking banking is deemed to be non -payment and gives the lessor the right to ask for this reason the return of the lease in every legal manner. “

This addition is absolutely necessary because the lessor has no other way to ensure compliance with the new process, any tenant who insists, for his own reasons, not to pay the rentals to the bank, as the law now states.

2. The deposit of the rents should be made from 1.1.2026 to bank account that will be In the name of the lessorand no longer any third party (eg his attorney, his relatives, lawyer, real estate management company, etc.) to confirm the bank payment of rents to the lessor.

3. The lessor should disclose the number of this account online to AADE, through a procedure shortly set by it.

4. If the rent is deposited in a common bank account, the landlord’s name is advisable to be first among the names of the accounts of the account, so that the data is easier to cross the data.

5. Similarly, in the event of many co -orders, each of them should notify the lease (or the statement of AADE) his own account, named after the first beneficiary, where the amount corresponding to him will be deposited.

6. The landlords should ask their tenants the payment of and the 12 monthly rents within the same financial yearthat is, by 31st, to show that all monthly rents were paid bank, otherwise they will be at risk of loss of legal deduction.

7. The applicable irresistible threshold of EUR 1,250 from bank account, amounts derived from salaries or pensions, does not cover the amounts derived from rent. Consequently, the landlord’s bank account will be collected every month than anyone who is faster than the two by the landlord or the AADE.