Chapter Second: Rescission of the Lease

Article 590

Art. 590 - The lease of a thing ceases by operation of law upon the expiration of the term established by the parties, without it being necessary to give notice, if there is no contrary agreement or except for the special provisions relating to farm leases.

Article 591

Art. 591 - If no term has been established, the lease is deemed to be made for a year, a semester, a month, a week, or a day, depending on whether the price has been fixed at so much per year, per semester, per month, etc., and the contract ceases at the expiration of each of these terms, without it being necessary to give notice, unless there is a contrary custom.

Article 592

Art. 592 - In the event that, upon the expiration of the contract, the lessee remains in possession, the lease is renewed on the same terms, and for the same period if it was made for a determined period; if it is made without determination of duration, each of the parties may terminate the lease; the lessee nevertheless has the right to the period established by local usage to vacate the premises.

Article 593

Art. 593 - The continuation of enjoyment does not imply tacit renewal, when notice has been given or another equivalent act indicating the intention of one of the parties not to renew the contract.

Article 594

Art. 594 - In the case provided for in Article 592, the commitments of the guarantors given for the original contract do not extend to the obligations resulting from the tacit renewal; but the pledges and other securities subsist.

Article 595

Art. 595 - The termination occurs in favor of the lessor, without prejudice to the allocation of damages, if applicable: \t1) When the lessee uses the leased thing for a use other than that for which it is intended by its nature or by the agreement; \t2) When he neglects it in such a manner as to cause notable damage to the thing; \t3) When he does not pay the rent due on the lease or rental.

Article 596

Art. 596 - The lessor may not terminate the lease by declaring his intention to occupy the rented house himself.

Article 597

Art. 597 - The lease contract is not terminated by the alienation, voluntary or forced, of the leased property. The new owner is subrogated to all the rights and obligations of their predecessor, resulting from the leases and rentals in progress, if they are made without fraud and have a certain date prior to the alienation.

Article 598

Art. 598 - In the absence of a written document with a certain date, the purchaser may evict the tenant, but he must give the tenant notice within the time limits established by custom.

Article 599

Art. 599 - In the event of eviction of the leased thing, the evicting party has the choice of maintaining the leases in progress or of terminating the lease; but he must, in the latter case, observe the periods established for notice to quit, if the lessee is in good faith. \tThe lessee has recourse, for the rents and indemnities owed to him, if applicable, only against the lessor.

Article 600

Art. 600 The lease is not terminated by the death of the lessee nor by that of the lessor.

Article 601

Art. 601 - The termination of the main lease entails the termination of the subleases granted by the lessee, except in the cases provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of article 586.