Daejeon City Protects Tenants by Allowing Access to Landlord's Unpaid Local Taxes

Tenants will be able to check unpaid local taxes without the landlord's consent. This measure aims to prevent tenant damages in advance amid the surge in jeonse frauds such as Villa King.

According to Daejeon City on the 31st, landlords' unpaid local tax inquiries will be available starting next month on the 1st.

From that day, tenants renting houses or commercial spaces with a deposit exceeding 10 million won can, from the contract date to the lease commencement date, verify unpaid local taxes without the landlord's consent by issuing tax arrears, tax payment notices, or payment notifications, including unpaid local taxes that have not yet reached the due date and those unpaid by the reporting deadline.

This is a measure to supplement the previous restriction that required tenants to obtain the landlord's consent before the contract to check the landlord's unpaid local tax status, and the city expects it to serve as a safeguard to protect landlords.

Inquiries can be made at the tax departments of each district office.

A city official said, “We hope that the landlord unpaid local tax inquiry system will protect tenants from damages such as jeonse fraud and guarantee citizens' rights.”

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