# Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016, Section 66: Termination of joint tenant's interest on death


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/66 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/private-housing-tenancies-scotland-act-2016/section-66
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