How much does an execution request cost for rent claims?

This answer was reviewed against official sources on 2026-10-05

Short answer

The Najiz service for filing an execution request is free, but the Judicial Costs regulation assesses judicial costs on the request: 2% of the amount claimed for unpaid rent, with a minimum of SAR 500 and a maximum of SAR 10,000, and a flat SAR 500 for a direct enforcement request such as eviction. The tenant bears them as the party executed against, unless the landlord is shown not to be entitled to all or part of the claim, in which case the landlord bears that share. Payment is not a condition for registering the request: the costs are finally assessed after it is decided and collected only once the objection period has passed.

How the cost of a rent claim is calculated

The 2% rate applies to the amount sought in a financial execution request, then the minimum and maximum apply, and fractions of a riyal are dropped (Regulation Art. 10). So any claim up to SAR 25,000 costs SAR 500, and any claim of SAR 500,000 or more costs SAR 10,000. An eviction request costs SAR 500 whatever the value of the lease.

Examples for a request to collect rent:

Arrears of SAR 15,000: 2% is SAR 300, so the SAR 500 minimum applies.
Arrears of SAR 60,000: SAR 1,200.
Arrears of SAR 600,000: 2% is SAR 12,000, so the SAR 10,000 maximum applies.

Who pays, and when

As a rule, the party executed against bears the costs of an execution request. If the applicant is shown not to be entitled to the claim, the applicant bears all of them; if not entitled to part of it, the applicant bears that share (Regulation Art. 5).

Non-payment does not prevent the request from being registered or decided (Law Art. 12). After the decision, a final assessment is issued and notified to whoever must pay, and the amount is collected only after the objection period ends or the objection is decided (Regulation Art. 9).

Objections and exemptions

Whoever must pay may object to the assessment within 15 days of being notified, through the Judicial Costs icon on Najiz. Grounds listed on the Judicial Costs portal include being an exempt person and a calculation error.

Judicial costs are not imposed on people imprisoned or detained, when the costs fall due, in non-criminal financial cases, on workers claiming employment-contract dues, or on ministries and government bodies (Law Art. 17); the ministry’s Judicial Costs portal adds social security beneficiaries.

From 28 October 2026: execution expenses under the new law

These amounts come from the Judicial Costs Law (Royal Decree M/16 dated 30/1/1443H) and its regulation, not from the Execution Law, and the new Execution Law does not mention judicial costs. The current Execution Law (M/53) applies until 27 October 2026; from 28 October 2026 it is replaced by the law issued by Royal Decree M/237 dated 3/11/1447H.

Article 32 of the new law makes the party executed against bear “execution expenses”, meaning the financial obligations arising from enforcement steps, unless someone else caused them, in which case the court orders that person to bear them. The applicant bears them instead if they end the request by agreement with the other party or for any other reason, or release the debt, unless both agree otherwise.

Follow-up questions

What does it cost if the tenant contests the enforcement?

Costs for execution disputes of unspecified value are set at SAR 3,000 (Regulation Art. 3). As a rule they are borne by the losing party, and a claimant bears the share of any part of the claim that fails (Law Art. 13).

And how much does a lawsuit at the General Court cost in a rental dispute?

For a claim of fixed value: 5% under SAR 100,000, 4% from 100,000 to under 500,000, 3% from 500,000 to under 1 million, and 2% from 1 million, capped at SAR 1 million. A claim of unspecified value before the general courts costs SAR 3,000 (Law Art. 3; Regulation Arts. 2 and 3).

Official sources

General information for guidance, not legal advice; the governing regulations and official bodies are the final reference.

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