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ALY Abogados & Administradores, a law firm in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria led by lawyer Lázaro Héctor Amable Méndez (ICALPA no. 5,231), manages long-term lets across Gran Canaria for 8% to 12% of the monthly rent, plus IGIC at 7%. If the tenant stops paying, the arrears claim and the eviction carry no additional fees from the firm.
The local market
Residential, all year
Civil servants, health workers, students and service workers keep long-term demand steady all year. With many applicants per listing, the risk lies in choosing the tenant: the firm checks income and searches debtor registers first.
Evictions: Civil Section of the Tribunal de Instancia (court of first instance) of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, near the firm’s office.
Tourist south
Holiday apartments and owners abroad set the tone; tourism workers look for long-term homes near their jobs. Units in a complex set up as a tourist establishment are not homes and cannot become holiday lets (art. 5.1.c of Canary Islands Law 6/2025); whether one can be let long term depends on its title and the town plan, which the firm checks first.
Evictions: Tribunal de Instancia of San Bartolomé de Tirajana, which also covers Mogán.
Non-payment
The lawyer who manages your let runs the case. The law sets the steps; the total time depends on the court’s workload, any opposition and the tenant’s circumstances, so the firm promises no duration.
A demand by a verifiable means, such as burofax, at least 30 days before filing: if the rent is still unpaid at filing, the tenant loses the ordinary right to stop the eviction by paying.
Art. 22.4 LEC
The claim is only admitted after an out-of-court attempt to settle, which the firm makes and documents.
Art. 5 of Organic Law 1/2025
Both can be claimed together, in a summary procedure (juicio verbal) before the court where the property is. The claim says whether the home is the occupant’s main home and whether you are a large landlord (gran tenedor); if not, it includes a Land Registry certificate of your properties.
Arts. 52.1.7.º, 250.1.1.º and 439.6 LEC
The court clerk gives the tenant ten days to leave, pay or oppose, and sets the hearing and eviction dates. If the tenant does nothing, a decree ends the case and the eviction takes place on that date.
Art. 438.5 LEC
Compliance comes first. Before the first guest, a responsible declaration (declaración responsable) goes to the Cabildo de Gran Canaria with a technical report, the community’s certificate where relevant and a planning certificate (cédula urbanística) showing that the town plan expressly allows tourist use (arts. 7.1 and 7.7 of Law 6/2025).
As a rule the home must be at least ten years old (art. 5.1.a), and every listing must show the registration number (art. 8.6); advertising without it can be fined €30,001 to €300,000 (arts. 75.16 and 79.2.c of Canary Islands Law 7/1995). If it cannot qualify, the firm can manage a long-term let.
Tax and fees
The fees are subject to IGIC at the general rate of 7% (art. 51.1.d of Law 4/2012). If the tenant stops paying, the arrears claim and the eviction are included, with no additional fees from the firm; third-party costs, such as the procurador when their involvement is mandatory, are set out in the proposal. Full fee table, in Spanish.
Frequently asked questions
The Tribunal de Instancia of the judicial district where the property is (art. 52.1.7.º LEC): Las Palmas de Gran Canaria for the capital; San Bartolomé de Tirajana for Maspalomas, Mogán and Vecindario; Telde for Telde, Ingenio and Agüimes; Arucas; and Santa María de Guía for Gáldar. Elsewhere, the firm confirms it.
Only if the town plan expressly allows tourist use for it, the community of owners does not rule it out and the complex is not a tourist establishment (arts. 5.1.c and 7.7 of Law 6/2025). The firm checks this first and compares it with a long-term let.
24% of the gross rent, with no deductions, on form 210 (art. 25.1.a of the IRNR Act); EU residents pay 19% on the net rent. Your country of residence may also tax it: ask your adviser there.
The firm does. In the Canary Islands the landlord must lodge an amount equal to the deposit with the regional government within one month of the contract, even if the tenant paid none (art. 2 of Canary Islands Law 2/2014). At the end, the firm requests its return.
Across the islands: rental management in the Canary Islands. Also in English: Tenerife, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.
Gestión de alquileres en Gran Canaria (in Spanish).
No obligation
Tell us where the property is and the firm will value its market rent.
Prefer to talk first? Request an appointment: the firm will propose a day and time. Or call +34 633 572 607.
By Lázaro Héctor Amable Méndez, lawyer, ICALPA no. 5,231. Last updated: .
Sources:LECOrganic Law 1/2025Law 6/2025Law 7/1995IRNR ActOrder HAC/623/2026Law 4/2012 (IGIC)Law 2/2014 (deposits)