Deposit and safekeeping contract template

Deposit and Safekeeping Contract

Contract no.: Contract number

Date: Contract date

Place: City of signing

Parties

First Party (Depositor): First party name, national ID / iqama no. First party ID, national address: First party address, e-mail: First party e-mail, mobile: First party mobile.

Second Party (Custodian): Second party name, national ID / iqama no. Second party ID, national address: Second party address, e-mail: Second party e-mail, mobile: Second party mobile.

Article 1: Recitals and definitions

1.1 Whereas the Depositor wishes the Custodian to keep the property below in trust, and the Custodian accepts, the parties agree as follows.

1.2 The recitals and schedules form an integral part of this Contract and are read with it. In a conflict, this Contract prevails, then the schedules in numerical order.

1.3 "Business Day" means any day other than Friday, Saturday and an official holiday in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. "Laws" means the laws and regulations in force in the Kingdom.

1.4 This Contract follows Islamic Sharia and the Civil Transactions Law, and contains no interest or stipulated increase on a debt. Any term to the contrary is void, without voiding the Contract unless it was the reason for it.

1.5 Each party confirms that it has legal capacity to contract, that its signatory is authorised, and that entering into this Contract breaches no other obligation binding on it.

Article 2: What is deposited

| Item | Details |

| --- | --- |

| Description | Deposit description |

| Quantity or amount | Deposit quantity or amount |

| Estimated value | Estimated value |

| Storage place | Storage place |

2.1 Handover is by a dated report, with photos where needed. If the deposit is cash, it is kept as such in a separate place; if the Depositor allows its use, it becomes a loan to be repaid with no increase.

Article 3: Keeping and fee

3.1 Keeping: free / for a fee of: ...; period: Deposit period, or until the Depositor asks.

3.2 The Custodian keeps the deposit with the care suited to it, in a suitable place, does not use or mix it, does not place it with another except in necessity or with consent, and reports at once any threat to it.

3.3 Necessary storage costs are on: Who pays storage costs, and the Custodian withholds the deposit only as the Laws allow.

Article 4: Liability and loss

4.1 The deposit is held on trust, and the Custodian answers for it only on misuse, neglect, denial or breach of the terms. Loss is proved by a report or an authority's report. Where a fee is paid the Custodian owes the care of a reasonable person; where it is free, the care it gives its own property.

4.2 Compensation for misuse or neglect is the deposit's value at the time of loss, based on the stated value.

Article 5: Return

5.1 The Custodian returns the deposit on first demand, and for a paid deposit once the agreed fee is paid in full, within Deposit return time days, to the Depositor, its agent or heirs on proof of capacity, by a dated report, with anything arising from it.

5.2 If it cannot keep the deposit or wishes to return it, it tells the Depositor Return notice days ahead. On the Custodian's death, its heirs shall return the deposit where it is identifiable.

Article 6: Representations and warranties

6.1 The Depositor and the Custodian each confirm the following at signing, and shall tell the other at once if any of it changes:

• the details and documents it has provided are true and complete on everything affecting the other's decision, and it has hidden nothing it knows to be material.

• no claim, seizure, disposal ban, bankruptcy or legal bar prevents performance of this Contract.

• the source of funds and purpose of contracting are lawful, and this Contract is no cover for any prohibited dealing.

• it holds the licences, approvals and legal capacity needed to sign and perform this Contract, and will keep them valid throughout.

6.2 An untrue material statement is a breach of this Contract, subject to its terms and the Civil Transactions Law; deliberately misleading information is deceit that allows annulment and compensation to be sought.

Article 7: Breach and its effects

7.1 A breach notice is in writing, states the obligation breached, what is needed to cure it and a reasonable time of at least 15 days, unless this Contract sets another period. No notice is needed if cure is impossible or the party at fault has said it will not perform.

7.2 Each party may withhold its corresponding obligation that has fallen due if the other has not performed its own, unless that would run against good faith or the failure is minor, under the Civil Transactions Law.

7.3 The injured party shall make reasonable efforts to limit its loss and is not compensated for what it could have avoided. Compensation follows proved loss. Nothing is charged as compensation or increase merely for lateness in paying a sum of money, and the actual costs awarded by the competent authority may be claimed.

7.4 On termination the parties are restored as far as possible, each answering for what it actually benefited from. This Contract does not affect statutory limitation periods or the terms that survive its end by their nature.

Article 8: Documents, correspondence and proof

8.1 Each party keeps a copy of this Contract, its schedules, payment receipts and handover reports for at least 5 years after it ends, or any longer statutory period.

8.2 Correspondence through the e-mail or mobile at the head of this Contract, and approved government platforms, is proof where it can be attributed to its sender, under the Electronic Transactions Law and the Evidence Law. Nothing said orally changes this Contract.

8.3 The party receiving money gives a receipt for each sum, stating what it covers. No payment is a final release unless that is stated in writing.

Article 9: Successors and third parties

9.1 This Contract binds the parties and their lawful successors, within the limits of any estate, unless a party's person was central to contracting. On death, the heirs or their representative shall tell the other party within a reasonable time, and rights are settled under Sharia and the Laws.

9.2 This Contract creates no right for anyone other than the parties unless stated. A party's dealing with what is its own does not affect the other's rights here, and nothing can be raised against a third party in good faith who did not know of it until it is documented or registered where that is required.

Article 10: Confidentiality

10.1 Each party shall keep the other's non-public information confidential, use it only to perform this Contract, and disclose it only to staff and advisers who need it and are bound by confidentiality.

10.2 This excludes information that is public through no fault of the recipient, or that a competent authority lawfully requires, provided the other party is told where possible. The duty lasts 3 years after the Contract ends, and information is returned or destroyed on request.

Article 11: Personal data protection

11.1 The parties shall comply with the Personal Data Protection Law and its regulations. Where the Custodian processes personal data for the Depositor, it acts as processor and processes it only on the Depositor's written instructions and for the purpose of this Contract.

11.2 The Custodian shall apply suitable security and technical measures, limit access to those who need it, and use a sub-processor only with the Depositor's prior written approval and on equivalent terms.

11.3 The Custodian shall notify the Depositor of any leak or unauthorised access without delay and within 24 hours of becoming aware, with the information the Depositor needs to report to the competent authority within the statutory 72 hours.

11.4 Data leaves the Kingdom only in line with the statutory controls. When the Contract ends, data is returned or securely deleted within 30 days unless a law requires it to be kept.

Article 12: Force majeure and exceptional circumstances

12.1 A party is not liable for delay or failure caused by an event beyond its control that was unforeseeable and unavoidable, provided it notifies the other within 7 days and makes reasonable efforts to limit the effect. Force majeure does not excuse paying what fell due before it occurred.

12.2 Affected obligations are suspended for the duration. If the event lasts more than 60 days, either party may terminate by written notice, with payment for work actually performed.

12.3 If unforeseeable general exceptional circumstances make performance so onerous as to threaten a heavy loss, the affected party may request renegotiation without delay while continuing to perform, as provided by the Civil Transactions Law.

Article 13: General provisions

13.1 Notices are in writing and sent to the addresses at the head of this Contract; the registered e-mail is valid, and a notice counts as received on the next Business Day. Each party shall report any change of address.

13.2 Neither party may assign this Contract or subcontract without the other's prior written approval, and it remains responsible for its subcontractors.

13.3 Delay in using a right does not waive it, and this Contract changes only by a signed written annex. If a provision is void the rest stays in force, unless that provision was the reason for contracting.

13.4 The parties shall comply with the rules against bribery, corruption and money laundering. Neither is the agent, partner or employer of the other, and each bears the obligations of its own staff.

13.5 This Contract may be signed electronically under the Electronic Transactions Law, and electronic signatures and records have their legal force. It is made in two copies, one for each party.

Article 14: Governing law and disputes

14.1 This Contract is governed by the laws of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including the Civil Transactions Law, and in a manner consistent with Islamic Sharia.

14.2 The parties shall try to settle any dispute amicably through their representatives within 30 days of notice, and may then use conciliation through the Taradhi platform.

14.3 If it remains unresolved, it shall be decided by: Forum: the competent courts in the city of ... / arbitration under the rules of the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration, seated in .... The parties shall keep performing whatever the dispute does not affect.

14.4 Where made in Arabic and English, the Arabic text prevails in any difference.

Schedules

• Schedule 1: copies of IDs and documents relating to the subject.

Signatures

The parties sign this Contract after reading and accepting all of its terms.

| First Party (Depositor) | Second Party (Custodian) |

| --- | --- |

| Name: First party name | Name: Second party name |

| Signature: First party signature | Signature: Second party signature |

| Date: Signing date | Date: Signing date |

| First witness | Second witness |

| --- | --- |

| Name: First witness name | Name: Second witness name |

| ID: First witness ID | ID: Second witness ID |

| Signature: First witness signature | Signature: Second witness signature |