Registering your lease in Muscat: who pays the 3%, and what happens if you skip it

• By law the landlord registers the lease with the municipality, unless you both agree that the tenant will do it.
• The fee is the landlord's. If you register the lease yourself, you can take the fee off the rent.
• In Muscat the fee is 3% of the monthly rent times the contract period. A lease of OMR 100 a month for a year costs OMR 36.
• Register within one month of signing. A lease that is not registered cannot be relied on before any official body, and registering late adds a fine of three times the fee for the period of delay.
• Lease services are online: you can register, renew, change or cancel a lease on the Muscat Municipality website. Renewal is also offered in the Baladiyati app and at Sanad offices.

المنشور على X: "Renting in Muscat? By law the landlord registers the lease and pays the fee: 3% of the monthly rent times the contract period. Register late and a fine of 3x the fee applies."