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Rent prepayment in insolvency: review the landlord’s lease position

How an unregistered rent prepayment is treated under section 24 IO.

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We review the procedural status, contracts, payment records and security, then explain which legal question needs to be addressed next.

28 August 2026, Mag. Bernhard Brandauer, Rechtsanwalt

For property leased by the debtor, a rent prepayment needs a separate review. Register, payment and notice period are decisive.

Section 24 IO limits the effect of a prepayment not visible in the public register.

This article concerns the landlord position, not termination of a lease taken by the debtor.

Rent prepayment

Which records belong together?

Legal basis, timing and evidence answer different questions.

Records for the first review
Review area Records Core question
Grundlage Rent prepayment Was ist belegt?
Zeitpunkt Eröffnungsbeschluss und Chronologie Welche Daten gelten?
Rechtsfolge Vertrag und Verfahrensstand Welche Frage ist offen?

The concrete effect depends on the procedural stage and original records.

Review path

Rent prepayment

The check orders the next records.

Discuss the specific matter with the firm.

01 Question 1

Are legal basis, timing and records fully documented?

Your answers

Review the documents

01

Section 24 IO limits the objection

Organise the records for this review point and record the open question.

02

Separate payment and register

Organise the records for this review point and record the open question.

03

Calculate the notice period

Organise the records for this review point and record the open question.

04

Classify the sale

Organise the records for this review point and record the open question.

Section 24 IO limits the objection

For property leased by the debtor, a rent prepayment needs a separate review. Register, payment and notice period are decisive.

Section 24 IO limits the effect of a prepayment not visible in the public register.

Separate payment and register

Section 24 IO limits the effect of a prepayment not visible in the public register.

This article concerns the landlord position, not termination of a lease taken by the debtor.

Calculate the notice period

This article concerns the landlord position, not termination of a lease taken by the debtor.

For property leased by the debtor, a rent prepayment needs a separate review. Register, payment and notice period are decisive.

Classify the sale

For property leased by the debtor, a rent prepayment needs a separate review. Register, payment and notice period are decisive.

Section 24 IO limits the effect of a prepayment not visible in the public register.

Keep records separate: legal basis, timing and legal effect require separate evidence.
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For property leased by the debtor, a rent prepayment needs a separate review. Register, payment and notice period are decisive.

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Rent prepayment

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