Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016

66Termination of joint tenant’s interest on death

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(1)If, immediately before a person’s death, the person was a joint tenant under a private residential tenancy, the person’s interest as a tenant under the tenancy is extinguished on the person’s death.

(2)A person is a joint tenant under a tenancy for the purposes of subsection (1) if the person is the tenant under the tenancy jointly with one or more other persons.