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Certified Israeli Lease Agreement Translation
Certified translation of the documents that record a tenancy in Israel, including the registry annotations and endorsements that carry the legal effect and that a reader unfamiliar with the system will otherwise skip.
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Flat rate per page, up to 250 words. No hidden fees.
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The security package is the substance
Israeli residential leases routinely require an unusually heavy security package: post-dated cheques, a signed promissory note (shtar chov), a bank guarantee, and personal guarantors (arevim) with their own identity details on the contract.
A US reader used to a one-month deposit sees several instruments and may not recognise them. Each is a separate legal obligation and we name and translate each rather than summarising them as security.
Unprotected tenancy, and the older protected one
Almost all current Israeli residential leases are unprotected tenancies governed by contract. A small number of legacy protected tenancies under the older law still exist, with key money and near-permanent security of tenure.
A protected tenancy document is a completely different instrument with different economics, and translating it as an ordinary lease misstates it entirely. We name which it is.
The shekel, and the indexation
Rent is in shekels and Israeli leases very commonly index it to the consumer price index or, in some cases, to the dollar, with an annual adjustment clause.
That clause determines what the tenant actually pays across the term and we translate the formula exactly rather than rendering it loosely.
The teudat zehut, and the Hebrew
Parties and guarantors are identified by teudat zehut number, nine digits with a check digit, which identifies each person and does not change.
Hebrew reads right to left and Israeli dates are written day first, so 03/04 is 3 April. We set the translation out in US order and state the date format. See our Hebrew page.
Ordering, and what the certification covers
Upload the document, choose certified translation at $24.95 per page of up to 250 words, and it comes back typically within 24 hours as a PDF formatted to mirror the original, with a signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead. Marginal annotations are translated in place, in the margin, and every seal, stamp and registry endorsement is translated with the text. See how we translate and certified versus standard.
Frequently asked questions
Why are there so many security documents?
Israeli leases routinely require cheques, a promissory note, a bank guarantee and personal guarantors. Each is a separate obligation.
What is a protected tenancy?
A legacy instrument under the older law with key money and near-permanent security. Completely different economics from an ordinary lease.
My rent changes annually.
Israeli leases commonly index it to the consumer price index or the dollar. The formula is the operative term.
Is 03/04 March or April?
Israeli dates are day first, so 3 April.
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