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For a creditor, a landlord or counsel sending a payment demand, an eviction notice, or notice before termination in the UAE, Saudi Arabia or Bahrain. In the UAE it is served through the notary. In Saudi Arabia the statutory step is a notice of default, not a notarised legal notice.
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What this template includes
Service is not the same in every country
A legal notice template in Arabic and English for a payment demand, an eviction or non-renewal, or notice before termination, in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the wider GCC. Saudi law calls the step a notice of default or a written notice, not a notarised legal notice. See legal notice and formal notice of default. After the time allowed, use the statement of claim, or close the dispute with a settlement agreement. For a lease see the residential lease, for a note the promissory-note checklist, and for a written acknowledgement of debt the debt acknowledgement. This is a starting point. Have it reviewed by a lawyer licensed in the relevant jurisdiction before you use it.
What a legal notice is
In the UAE it is an instrument the notary draws up, notarises or serves, and the definition covers a notification and a warning.[1] In Saudi Arabia, notice of default may be given by any agreed method or any method the law prescribes for service, including filing the claim.[3] In Bahrain it is a notice, a registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, an official paper, or an agreed method.[6]
- Keep one subject: a sum, eviction or non-renewal, notice before termination, or notice that a contract is ending.
- In the UAE, serve through the notary. In commercial matters Decree-Law No. 50 of 2022 names the notary, registered post and electronic means. This page states no article number.[2]
- If the time expires, see statement of claim and enforcement of judgments. This draft is not the filing.
- Default-notice rules in Qatar, Kuwait and Oman were not checked. This page states no period and no article number for pre-action notice under the Commercial Courts Law.
The template
Legal notice
A draft notice demanding a sum, seeking eviction or non-renewal, giving notice of default before termination, or notifying the end of a contract, for use in the GCC. Saudi law does not use the name “notarised legal notice”; the statutory terms are formal notice of default and written notice. Replace every [bracket] and delete the option that does not apply. This is a starting point. Have it reviewed by a lawyer licensed in the relevant jurisdiction before you use it.
I, [name], identity / commercial registration [●], of [national or elected address] (the “Notifying Party”), give notice to [name], identity / commercial registration [●], of [national or elected address] (the “Addressee”).
Drafting note
Use the name on the identity document or in the commercial register, and an address that can be served.
I give this notice as: [principal / attorney under power no. ● / manager of ●]. The right relied on is: [contract dated ● / invoice no. ● / promissory note / judgment].
Drafting note
If the right is a Saudi promissory note, create it on Nafith before the notice. See the promissory-note checklist. If an agent signs, issue the authority with the power of attorney template.
- (1) On [date]: [the fact].
- (2) On [date]: [what was demanded and what was performed].
- (3) Outstanding on the date of this notice: [●].
Drafting note
Three dated facts are enough. Cut detail that does not change the demand.
- (a) Payment: I demand [amount and currency] for [the cause]. Delete this option if you are not demanding a sum.
- (b) Eviction or non-renewal: I demand vacant possession of [the premises] / non-renewal of the lease ending on [date]. Delete this option if there is no lease.
- (c) Notice before termination: I put the Addressee on notice to perform [the obligation] before termination of [the contract]. Delete this option if you are not terminating for breach.
- (d) Notice of ending: I give notice that [the contract] ends on [date] because [●]. Delete this option if you are not ending a contract.
Drafting note
Keep one option. In Saudi Arabia, termination for non-performance follows notice to the party in breach, and a termination condition does not dispense with that notice unless the parties say so expressly.[3]
I allow until [date]. Performance is by [transfer to account ● / delivery at ● / vacating the premises].
Drafting note
Name the last day and the method. Do not write “immediately” where the contract already has a date.
If the time expires without performance, I will take the steps the law allows, including a claim for compensation and costs where those are available. The claim form is the statement of claim.
Drafting note
The Commercial Courts Law may require written notice before some commercial claims. Read the text before you rely on a period. This page states no article number for that notice.[5] On compensation, see compensation and penalty clause.
This notice does not waive a right, a time limit, a term, or a claim that it does not mention.
- (a) UAE: through the notary.[1]
- (b) Bahrain: by a notice to the debtor, a registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, an official paper that stands in place of the notice, or a method the parties agreed.[6]
- (c) Saudi Arabia: by the agreed method, or by a method the law prescribes for service, including filing the claim.[3]
- (d) A method named in the contract: [●].
Drafting note
Keep the method you will actually use. In the UAE see notary public. Default-notice rules in Qatar, Kuwait and Oman were not checked for this page.
Notifying Party: name [●] · capacity [●] · signature [●] · date [●]
Attachments: as in Annex 1.
Notes for Saudi Arabia
The terms here are formal notice of default and written notice. The Civil Transactions Law does not name the step a notarised legal notice.[3][5]
| Point | Text |
|---|---|
| Notice of default | It may be given by any method the parties agreed or that the law prescribes for service, including filing the claim (Article 177).[3] |
| Termination | Termination for non-performance follows notice to the party in breach (Article 107).[3] |
| Termination condition | It does not dispense with notice unless the parties agree expressly (Article 108).[3] |
| Commercial claims | The Commercial Courts Law regulates notice before some commercial claims. This page states no article number.[5] |
Notes for the United Arab Emirates
A legal notice is drawn up, notarised and served through the notary.[1][2][4]
| Point | Text |
|---|---|
| Instrument | The definition covers every notification or warning a notary draws up, notarises, or serves (Article 1 of Decree-Law No. 20 of 2022).[1] |
| Commercial transactions | Service through a notary, registered post, or electronic means, under Decree-Law No. 50 of 2022. No article number is stated.[2] |
| Civil law | Decree-Law No. 25 of 2025 is in force on 1 June 2026. Article 2 of the issuing decree-law repeals Law No. 5 of 1985. This page states no default-notice article of the new law.[4] |
Notes for Bahrain
Notice of default under the Civil Code, Decree-Law No. 19 of 2001.[6]
| Point | Text |
|---|---|
| Notice | By a notice to the debtor, a registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, an official paper in place of the notice, or any other method the parties agree (Article 221).[6] |
Qatar, Kuwait and Oman
- Qatar: default-notice rules in the Civil Law were not checked for this page. Read them with a Qatari lawyer.
- Kuwait: articles of the Civil Code were not checked. Read them with a Kuwaiti lawyer.
- Oman: the default-notice article of the Civil Transactions Law was not verified. Read it with an Omani lawyer.
Annex 1: Attachments
Attach the instrument named in clause 2, not an undescribed bundle.
| No. | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Description] | [Contract / invoice / promissory note / judgment] |
| 2 | [●] | [●] |
| 3 | [●] | [●] |