Registration Ownership

Article (1-2)

Article (1)

1. The definitions of (Owners' Association), (Licensees), (Service Fees), and (Articles of Association of the Owners' Association) set forth in Article 1 of the referenced Law No. 3 of 2015 shall be replaced with the following definitions: 

Owners' Committee: The Committee constituted under the provisions of this Law to carry out the functions and powers related to the management and operation of the Common Parts, including their maintenance and ensuring their proper utilization. 

Licensees: Persons who are licensed by the Department to practice any of the Real Estate Activities, including: the Developer, Broker, Broker's Employee, Auctioneer, Appraiser and Surveyor. 

Service Fees: The fees approved by the Department to cover the costs associated with the management, operation, and maintenance of the Common Parts, which are collected from the Real Estate Units' owners by the management company in accordance with the management and operation of the Real Estate and its Common Parts. 

Owners' Committee Bylaws: The rules and provisions that regulate the functioning of the Owner's Committees and issued by a decision of the Chairman. 

2. The following definitions shall be added to the definitions contained in Article 1 of the 

referenced Law No. 3 of 2015: 

Real Estate Activities: Activities related to the development, sale, purchase, survey, registration, organization, evaluation, rental, management and operation of Real Estate, real estate brokerage and other activities related to the real estate sector in the Emirate, in respect of which the Department issues licenses to practice in the Emirate in accordance with the provisions of this Law and its Executive Regulations and the decisions issued thereunder. 

3. The phrase "Articles of Association" contained in Article (72) of the referenced Law No. 

3 of 2015 shall be replaced with the phrase "Bylaws." 

4. The phrase "Owners' Association" shall be replaced with the phrase "Owners' 

Committee" wherever it is mentioned in the referenced Law No. 3 of 2015. 

5. The definition of the "Board of Directors" and the "Director of the Owners' Association" 

contained in Article 1 of the referenced Law No. 3 of 2015 shall be abolished. 

Article (2)

The provisions of Articles (2, paragraph 1, clauses a, c, f), (5 clause 1), (17 clause 3), (19), (32), (54), (64), (65), (77) and (78) of the referenced Law No. 3 of 2015 shall be replaced with the following provisions: 

Article (2), Paragraph (1) Clauses (a), (c), (f): 

a. Issuing the licenses to practice Real Estate Activities in accordance with the provisions 

of this Law.

c. Preparing and organizing the Real Estate Development Register and registering 

Developers therein. 

f. Constituting the Owners' Committees and overseeing their compliance with their 

functions and powers. 

Article (5 Clause 1): 

1. No person may engage in any of the Real Estate Activities without first acquiring a 

license from the Department. 

Article (17 Clause 3): 

3. If the buyer fails to meet its obligations as outlined in the Off-Plan Sale contract, the Developer may terminate the contract without resort to judiciary or arbitration, provided that the following rules and procedures are followed: 

a. The Developer shall notify the buyer and, if applicable, the mortgagee creditor via notary public or registered mail at the address provided in the purchase contract or registered Mortgage contract, as the case may be, to demand the buyer to meet its obligations and make the overdue payment(s) within sixty (60) days from the date of notification. 

b. The Developer shall notify the Department after the expiration of (15) days from the date of its notification to the buyer or the mortgagee creditor, enclosing a proof of notification and a certificate issued by the Account Trustee stating the buyer's breach. 

c. The Department shall, on its own initiative after being notified, or at the request of the Developer, buyer, or mortgagee creditor, and after verifying the service of notification completion, invite the relevant parties for an amicable settlement per the applicable laws within the timeframe set by the Executive Regulations, prior to the expiration of the referenced sixty (60) days' period. 

d. Should the parties arrive at an amicable settlement agreement, that settlement shall be documented as an annex to the contract following the procedures outlined in the Executive Regulations. 

If no amicable settlement is reached or the buyer fails to meet its obligations within the designated time for amicable settlement, the Developer may terminate the contract. In this case, the Department may, upon the Developer's request and after verifying its adherence to the approved schedule for project completion, remove the buyer's name from the Real Estate Unit register in the Initial Register, and permit the Developer to resell the unit after a 30-day period from the date of removal, and deposit the sale proceeds into the Project Escrow Account, while notifying the buyer accordingly. 

f. The Developer may request a deduction of a portion from the amounts deposited by the buyer into the Project Escrow Account, proportionate to the breach and the percentage of completion and construction work in the project. A decision shall be issued by the Chairman defining these percentages, procedures, and timelines for refunding any remaining amounts to the buyer. 

g. the referenced rules and procedures shall not prejudice the right of the buyer to 

pursue recourse through judiciary or arbitration, should it consider this necessary. 

Article (19): 

Disposition of the Funds Deposited in the Project Escrow Account 

1. No amounts may be disbursed from the Project Escrow Account except for the purposes of establishing and completing the project, as well as making finance payments exclusively, and in a manner not contrary to the terms and conditions outlined in the Project Escrow Account agreement. 

2. It shall be prohibited to utilize the Project Escrow Account to pay for the land price of the Real Estate Development Project or the commissions of real estate Brokers, or any portion thereof, nor from any funds received from unit buyers outside the Project Escrow Account contrary to the provisions of this Law. 

3. No amounts deposited in the Project Escrow Account shall be disbursed unless the Developer has completed at least (20%) of the construction works of the Real Estate Development Project. The Executive Regulations shall determine the method for estimating the completion rate. The Chairman shall issue a decision to establish the mechanism and controls for disbursement from the Project Escrow Account prior to reaching the specified percentage, provided that the Developer submits alternative bank guarantees valued as determined by the Department at its discretion, on the condition that their value is not less than (20%) of the total value of the project construction works. 

General Provisions 

1. The application of the provisions contained in this Title shall be limited to Mortgages related to Real Estate Development Projects in the Emirate. The provisions of the Civil Transactions Law shall apply where this Title makes no specific provision. 

2. If the mortgagee creditor is a bank, company or finance institution, it must be duly licensed and registered with the Central Bank to practice real estate finance activity in the State. 

Article (54) 

Default by the Mortgagor 

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2. 

Subject to the provisions of Clause (2), Article (53) of this Law, in the event that the mortgagor, its guarantor, or any of their universal or specific successors fail to pay the debt, the judge of summary matters, upon the request of the mortgagee creditor, shall issue a decision to sell the Mortgaged Property through public auction, following the legally prescribed procedures. 

If the Mortgage pertains to land associated with a Real Estate Development Project that is under construction, the competent enforcement judge may opt to restrict the sale procedures exclusively to Developers registered with the Department, provided that the mortgagee's debt is settled from the sale proceeds and any remaining proceeds from the sale, if applicable are deposited in the Project Escrow Account. The new Developer shall replace the previous Developer in all rights and obligations of the project, including the obligation to complete the construction work and deliver the sold units to their respective buyers. 

1. The Chairman shall issue the Owners' Committee Bylaws, which shall include establishment of the mechanism for their formation, the procedural rules for selecting members, the conditions for the expiration and termination of membership, as well as the guidelines for conducting their meetings and voting on decisions. 

2. The Owner's Committee shall have the following functions and powers

a. To propose or advise the Developer on selecting candidate companies to assume the management of the Joint Property and its Common Parts from among the management companies approved by the Department. 

b. To access and review the annual budgets prepared by the Developer for the maintenance of the Joint Property, and to this effect request financial reports related to the Joint Property, and make the necessary recommendations on them to the Department, without direct intervention by it in their preparation, approval or audit. 

To monitor the performance of the management company concerning the management, operation, maintenance, and repair of Common Parts, discuss any obstacles and challenges related to the management, operation, maintenance, and repair of Common Parts, and make necessary recommendations to the management company, the Developer, and the Department. 

d. To represent the Owners and Occupants of Real Estate Units in addressing complaints and suggestions related to the management, operation, maintenance, and repair of Common Parts with the management company; the committee may escalate these complaints and suggestions to the Department if the company or the Developer has not addressed them within a maximum period of sixty (60) days from the date of notification. 

e. To submit requests to the Department regarding the Developer's obligation to change the management company, based on valid reasons and justifications arising from the company's default, negligence or substandard service quality that could harm the Joint Property or Common Parts. 

f. To notify the management company, Developer, or Department of any defects in the structural components of the Joint Property, or any damage or defects in the Common Parts that necessitate urgent remedy. 

g. To coordinate with the management company regarding all matters pertaining to safety, environment, security, and other issues related to the Joint Property and its Common Parts. 

h. Any other functions assigned by the Department, provided they do not conflict with the powers and functions prescribed for the company entrusted with managing the Joint Property in accordance with Article (65) of this Law. 

Article (65): 

First: Management and Operation of Common Parts and Common Facilities 

1. The Master Development Plan shall determine the Common Facilities of the Master Community. Determination of the Common Parts of the Joint Property shall be based on the Strata Plan or the Community Plan. 

2. The Chairman shall issue a decision to regulate all matters pertaining to the Common Parts and Common Facilities and ownership of shares therein, define the relationships that arise from them, along with the controls for their management, operation, maintenance, repair and utilization, and the procedures for the finalization and termination of the Strata Plan or the Community Plan and the liquidation of the associated rights, and determine the controls for calculation of Service Fees and Community Fees, the requirements for their approval, and the procedures for their collection and disposal. 

3. For the purposes of organization of Common Facilities and Common Parts, the Department shall approve specialized companies to enable the Developer to select one of these companies to manage, operate, maintain, and repair the Common Parts and Service Facilities within these projects under an agreement with the Developer. The Owners' Committees in these projects shall exercise all the powers granted to them under the provisions of this Law. 

4. The Department may grant exceptions for certain Real Estate Development Projects, which are determined by a decision from the Chairman, and where the Developer shall take on the responsibility for managing, operating, maintaining, and repairing the Joint Property, Common Parts, and Service Facilities through a specialized company approved by the Department for provision of administrative supervision services over the Joint Properties under an agreement approved through the Department. The powers of the Owners' Committee in these projects shall be determined by the Department. 

1. The management company shall collect the Service Fees from Owners after their approval by the Department in order to cover the costs and expenses related to the management, operation, maintenance, and repair of Common Parts. The management company may not claim, impose, or collect any other fees or amounts regardless of their type from the Owners. 

2. An Owner may not relinquish its share in the Common Parts to evade the payment of 

Service Fees due. 

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3. The Strata or Community Management Scheme shall establish - in a manner that does not contradict the provisions of this Law the method for collecting Service Fees, their due dates, and the records that the management company must retain for this purpose. 

4. To recover the overdue Service Fees from Real Estate Units, the following procedures 

shall be taken: 

a. The overdue Service Fees shall be endorsed by an auditor certified by the 

Department. 

b. The Owner of the Real Estate Unit shall be notified to pay the overdue Service Fees within thirty (30) days from the date of his notification, pursuant to a written notification by the notary public. 

Should the Owner of the Real Estate Unit fail to make payment within the specified period without providing an acceptable justification, the Department shall issue, at the request of the Developer, a document affirming the company's entitlement to the overdue Service Fees. This document shall have the force of an executive deed. 

d. The Department may, based on the aforementioned document and at the request of the Developer, record an entry in the Real Estate Unit Register indicating non- disposal until payment of the amounts due. 

5. Without prejudice to the right of the mortgagee creditor concerning the mortgaged Real Estate Units, the management company shall have a pledge over the Real Estate Unit and its appurtenances for the purpose of collecting Service Fees. 

Article (77): 

Without prejudice to any more severe penalty provided by any other law, shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding six (6) months and a fine not less than AED 50,000 (Dirhams fifty thousand) and not more than AED 200,000 (Dirhams two hundred thousand), or one of these penalties, whoever engages in Real Estate Activities without a license. 

Article (78): 

Administrative Violations and Fines 

1. without prejudice to the provisions of Article (77) of this Law, an administrative fine not exceeding AED 2,000,000 (Dirhams two million) shall be imposed on whomever violates the provisions of this Law, its Executive Regulations, and the decisions issued thereunder. 

2. The administrative fines shall be collected by the Department, and the Chairman of the Department shall, after the approval of the Executive Council, issue a schedule specifying the administrative violations and fines prescribed for each of them, not exceeding the fine provided for in this Article. 

3. The Department may offer conciliation to the violator, provided that it is documented in the record of proceedings. A violator who accepts the conciliation must pay a fine amounting to (75%) of the total administrative fine designated for the violation within a period not exceeding sixty (60) days from the date the conciliation offer is made. 

4. In all cases, if the violator fails to remove the effects of the violation within the designated timeframe, the Department shall undertake the removal at the violator's 

expense. 

5. The Executive Regulations shall specify the procedures for the aforementioned 

conciliation, including its time period. 

6. A grievance may be filed against administrative sanctions before the Department within sixty (60) days from the date the grievant is notified. If the grievance is not determined within sixty (60) days from its filing, it shall be deemed rejected. The grievance shall result in the interruption of the limitation period for the appeal specified in Clause (4) of Article (79) of this Law, provided that this period is calculated from the date on which the grievance is decided upon, whether explicitly or implicitly. 

Article (3)

Articles (66-67-68-69-70-75-76-82) of the referenced Law No. (3) of 2015 shall be repealed. 

Article (4)

Any text or provision contrary to, or in conflict with the provisions of this Law shall be repealed. 

Article (5)

This Law shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall take effect ninety (90) days after the date of its publication. 

Article (1-4)

Article (1)

In application of the provisions of this Law, the following terms and expressions shall have the meanings assigned thereto, unless the context requires otherwise:

The Emirate: means the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

The Relevant Department: means the Municipalities and Agriculture Department or any municipality which may be established in the future in the Emirate.

The Registrar: means the director of the Lands Registration Section of the Relevant Department.

The Property: means the various types of property, including the lands, buildings, installations and allocated property.

The Low Cost House: means the house designated for nationals -without consideration - in accordance with the applicable regulations of the Emirate.

The Transaction: means any transaction affecting the existing rights on the Property or which might create new rights thereon.

The Register: means the Property Register created accordance with the provisions of this Law.

The Document: means any conclusive judgement, order, contract or document which must or may be registered in accordance with the provisions of this Law.

Article (2)

There shall be established in each Relevant Department a section to be called "The Property Registration Section".

Article (3)

For each section of the Property Registration Sections there shall be appointed a "Registrar" who shall, in respect of his duties, report directly to the head of the Relevant Department or his deputy. The Registrar shall be assisted by an adequate number of employees.

Article (4)

The Property Registration Section shall have the following competences:

• To create and maintain a property register.
• To register any transaction relating to Properties.
• To attest the signatures of the persons signing Documents required to be registered.
• To keep the original copies of the Documents following completion of registration and to issue copies thereof to whom it may concern.
• To issue search certificates with respect to a specific Property in accordance with the particulars recorded in the Register.

In the exercise of the aforesaid powers, the Registrar may refer to the Documents kept with the relevant bodies.

Article (5-8)

Article (5)

 It shall not be permitted to remove the original of any Document or any Register kept with the Registrar except by an order of a competent court to that effect.

Article (6)

The registration of all Transactions effected on the Properties described in Article 10 of this Law which would create an original or subordinate real right or the transfer or the removal thereof, and also the conclusive judgements confirming such matter, in the Register kept for this purpose at the Relevant Department within whose jurisdiction the property is located; non-registration shall result in all the above rights being considered as having not been created, transferred or removed as between the relevant parties or with respect to others.

This provision shall apply to lease contracts with a term of more than four years. Unregistered Transactions shall not be relied upon nor shall they have any effect save for the personal obligations between the parties involved.

Article (7)

Article (8)

Each Transaction evidenced by a Document ordered by a competent court to be registered shall be entered in the Register.

Article (9-12)

Article (9)

The Property or the usufruct shall be registered in the names of the heirs following production by them of a legal notice and a confirmation evidencing the title deed or the usufruct.

Article (10)

• Save for industrial lands and lands leased out by the Relevant Department, nationals may sell or purchase residential, commercial, investment or agricultural lands and buildings constructed for specific purposes and allocated to each of them as well as other Transactions, provided they do not alter the purpose for which the aforesaid Properties are designated.
• The ownership of Low Cost Houses shall be registered and transferred to nationals from persons to whom they were or are allocated and they shall not be allowed to dispose thereof without permission from the Executive Council. A national shall undertake in writing in respect of the aforesaid Property not to claim for any compensation in respect of any matter disposed by him.

Article (11)

Article (12)

In implementation of the provisions of this Law, the Relevant Department shall deal with the particulars recorded in the Registers in coordination with the bodies concerned.

Article (13-16)

Article (13)

All Registers and Documents created or maintained in accordance with Law No.11 of 1979 as amended by Law No.5 of 1980 shall pass to the Registrar of the Relevant Department.

Article (14)

• Any Transaction carried out in contravention of the provisions of this Law and the regulations and decisions issued in implementation thereof shall be deemed null and void.

• The Chairman of the Relevant Department shall issue the necessary decisions for the implementation of the provisions of this Law.

Article (15)

Article (16)

This Law shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall come into force from the date of its publication.

Article (1-9)



Article (1)

 Chapter 1 - General Provisions

In application of the provisions of this Regulation, the following words and phrases shall bear the meanings assigned to each, unless the context requires otherwise:-
Emirate: Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

Executive Council: Executive Council of the Emirate.

Competent Authority: (Department of Municipal Affairs -Municipality of Abu Dhabi City- Municipality of Al-Ain City- Municipality of Western Region – or any municipality to be establish in the future in the Emirate).

Department: Real Estate Registration Department in the Competent Authority.

Competent Technical Authorities: City Planning Sector and Land Registry Office in the Competent Authority.

Registrar: Department's Director.

Law: Law no. (3) of 2005 regarding Organization of Real Estate Registration in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Land Map: means the cadastral engineering drawing issued by the Technical Competent Authority in which the land location, borders, marks, number, dimensions, area and coordinates.
Property: All different kinds of property including lands, buildings, establishments, properties by allocation and all apartments and floors constituting a single property.

Popular Housing: Housing assigned to the citizen free of charge pursuant to the regulations applicable in the Emirate.

Title Deed: Certificate issued by Real Estate Registration Department based on the facts of property cadastre specifying the property’s location, borders, area, owner and any dispositions made to the property and any modifications made thereto.

Register: Real Estate Register created pursuant to the provisions of Law.

1st Record: Registration of property in Real Estate Register for the first time as it is and allocating a statement therefor in the Register pursuant to provisions of Law, and this Regulation.

Instrument: Any conclusive judgment, order, contract or document, which must or may be registered pursuant to provisions of Law and this Regulation.

Original Real Right: Title.

Rights Branching from Title: Rights of usufruct, utilization, housing and Musataha (settlement).

Ancillary Real Right: Right imposed on the property ensuring another right, such as pledge or mortgage or liens.

Easement: Right limiting the use of a property in favor of another property owned by another person.

Disposition: Any transaction affecting the existing rights to the property, or resulting in new rights thereupon, including – without limitation – sale and purchase of properties, transactions of pledge, utilization, Musataha, lease contracts for more than four years, contracts of transfer, assignment and donation and contracts relating to any disposition of property pursuant to the provisions of laws effective in the Emirate.

Notary: an employee authorized by the Competent Authority's chairman to notarize the signatures of concerned parties in contracts and dispositions to be registered with the Real Estate Registration Department pursuant to the provisions of this Regulation.

Investment Areas: areas to be specified by a decision from the Executive Council pursuant to the provisions of Law no. (19) of 2005 on Real Estate Ownership, as amended.

Complex or Complexes: Housing and/or commercial areas prepared to take more than twenty five thousand persons, whose management are directly or indirectly assumed by a legal corporate personality in the Emirate, or any housing and/or commercial areas which the registrar thinks as included within this concept including the islands prepared for housing and/or commercial purposes to take more than twenty five thousand persons and investment areas.

Common Utilization Statement: Instruments issued by the authority managing any complex in the Emirate, registered with the registrar in that complex. This instrument shall include provisions and conditions relating to the property status, outward appearance, consistency thereof or the buildings to be built thereupon with the general plan of the complex. It also shall include provisions and conditions relating to common facilities in the complex and maintenance and insurance thereof and services fees imposed on owners or beneficiaries of such services provided by the authority managing the complex, way and method of collecting such fees, in addition to conditions and provisions of assignment of any real rights in the property, lease thereof and administrative fees due to the managing authority. This instrument explains also the consequences of non-compliance with its provisions.

Property Cadastre: Hard or soft register which include all data and dispositions made to the property, and any changes thereto.



Article (2)

The provisions of this Regulation shall be applicable to all properties located inside and outside the investment areas in the Emirate in addition to dispositions made to such properties.



Article (3)

Chapter (2)
Section (1)- Real Estate Registration Department & Its Powers

At every Competent Authority in the Emirate, a department called (Real Estate Registration Department) shall be established which shall – within the jurisdiction area assigned thereto – take all procedures relating to real estate registration, dispositions and modifications made thereto including:
a. Determine locations of survey or resurvey and certify the maps prepared therefor.
b. Determine the rules relating to survey and inspection and issue maps relating to properties.
c. Set the rules relating to organization, filing and destruction of documents.
d. Set the rules relating to use of computer in filing and recording of data.
e. Set the rules relating organization and filing the real estate brokers register.
f. Set the rules relating to sale of property by optional auction and supervising the same.
Chairman of the Competent Authority may within his jurisdiction – if necessary – establish a branch of the department at every complex in the Emirate for real estate registration at that complex in addition to all dispositions made upon such properties and modifications made thereto. The Department of Municipal Affairs shall render a decision transferring the records with a competent authority to another certain competent authority to be able to file, manage and update such records which are within its jurisdiction.
Chairman of the Competent Authority shall render a decision of the organizational structure of the Department and its internal regulations as he thinks as necessary to enforce the provisions of Law and this Executive Regulation.


Article (4)

Real Estate Registrar

1. A director called (registrar) shall be appointed for every department, by a resolution from the Competent Authority’s chairman.
2. The Competent Authority’s chairman or his representative may appoint a person acting as a registrar in case of his absence.
3. The registrar shall be responsible for the management works directly before the Competent Authority’s chairman or his representative.
4. The registrar shall organize the management works and supervise work progress therein, and set proposals relating to issuance of laws, regulations and decisions in respect of such organization, if work so requires.
5. The registrar shall have signature and seal approved by the Competent Authority’s chairman, to perform duties of his job.

The registrar shall be assisted by sufficient number of employees as required by work in management.

Article (5)

Section (2)- Register

1. The Register consists of a set of property cadastres specifically prepared, edited in writing or electronically and filed with the Department explaining the descriptions of every property, its location, rights relating thereto, dispositions made thereupon, and changes made thereto respectively.
2. A property cadastre shall be created for every property, whether owned by one or more persons in common, depending on the land map issued by the Competent Technical Authority.
3. If a single registered property is divided and every owner takes a division thereof, the property cadastre shall be replaced with several property cadastres created based on the plans received from the Competent Technical Authority upon fees payment, and the original property cadastre shall be marked with a statement indicating such division, and the property cadastre shall be cancelled without being withdrawn from the register.
4. The register shall have an absolute evidencing power, and it is not permitted to object to its data except for forgery before the competent judicial authorities.
5. The electronically-registered documents and deeds of the register shall have the same evidencing power as the original document to prove the data included therein.

Article (6)

Registration Books
The Real Estate Registration Department shall keep the following books:

1. Applications Book: assigned to record registration and notation applications submitted to the Department with serial numbers based on precedence of submission as to time and date.
2. Final Registration Book: assigned to record dispositions and notations out from the register with serial numbers based on precedence of registration, starting from no. 1 on 1st January and ending with the last number on end of December every year.
3. Photo Book: assigned to record photographs applications, recorded therein the number and date of document or instrument entry and names of concerned parties, date of submitting the document or instrument copy to its applicant after signing for receipt thereof.

Article (7)

Retention of Original Instruments

1. Every property shall have a special file in which the original land map, attachments of allocation transaction approved by the Competent Technical Authority shall be saved. The original instruments of all dispositions made on the property and original applications of concerned parties relating thereto shall also be saved therein.

1. The concerned parties or whom it may concern shall, upon their request, be given copies of any instrument saved in the property files upon payment of fixed fees.
2. No instrument saved in the property file shall be transferred nor the original register of the property shall be transferred except upon an order issued by a competent court or by a resolution from the Competent Authority’s chairman.
3. The registrar may provide the official competent authorities upon their request with an certified copy of the original instruments saved in the property file.

Article (8)

Chapter (3) Section (1)- Registration

1. Registration means authentication, modification, recording, notation, rectification and deletion in the property cadastre.
2. Dispositions and entries following the first entry shall be registered in the property cadastre based on a contract authenticated and countersigned before the registrar or notary, or based on conclusive judgments of competent courts, final resolutions of competent committees, or based on the provision of law or pursuant to resolutions issued by the Executive Council.
3. Every registration shall be supported by signature and seal of the Registrar or the person authorized by the Competent Authority’s chairman. Registration shall be made in black or blue ink, and deletion shall be made by red ink without abrasion, insertion, addition or leaving space, provided that the deleted sentence or phrase shall remain readable. It is always indicated in the register to the number of entry which required such registration.
4. No right shall be registered in the register except if its holder has received it from the holder of previous registration right or upon his written consent, proved by his signature before the registrar. If consecutive contracts are made, the last disposition shall not be registered except after registering the precedent dispositions consecutively and fulfilling the legal conditions of registration for every disposition separately, provided that the precedent registration shall be deleted by red ink.
5. Titles of properties and any dispositions made thereupon may be registered in the name of one or more natural persons or in the name of a legal personality.

Article (9)

Modification, Deletion & Rectification

1. No change, deletion or modification shall be made to the data included in the register, except with a final judicial judgment issued by a competent court, or upon a written request accompanied by the original documents proving such change and modification, authenticated by official authorities, submitted by the party who is entitled thereto, and the Department shall have the right to accept or reject the request of change or modification.
2. The Department shall refer the requests and documents submitted thereto which would change the cadastre data (including division and merger requests) to the Competent Technical Authority to consider and determine the same, then to be returned to the Department accompanied by the consideration result.
3. The registrar shall be entitled to rectify the certainly proved material errors in the register cadastres by himself or upon a request of the concerned parties. However after entry, he shall not be entitled to make any rectification except after informing the concerned parties thereof.
4. No rectification shall be made by the registrar if it is affecting third parties’ rights, except after informing the concerned parties thereof, and in case of rectification he must record minutes explaining therein the error, its reason, how detected and procedure taken in respect thereof.The Department shall inform every owner or person whose rights were affected or cancelled by entry, notation or rectification immediately after performing the same, in addition to informing the Competent Technical Authority of the changes made to the register data as a whole, and included in details in the certificates extracted from the register.
5. In case the property cadastre is damaged, it shall be replaced with another new cadastre and the damaged cadastre shall be saved in the property file, and the registrar shall prepare a minutes explaining the reasons of such replacement.
6. All data shall be registered electronically in accordance with the most updated technologies. In case of contradiction between the data included in the register with the data included in the land map or data electronically saved, the data proved in the register shall prevail.

Article (10-18)

Article (10)

Article (19-27)

Article (19)

Section (4)- Registration of Assignment

Article (20)

Registration of Exchange

• Disposition by exchange can be made of any property and building constructed for certain purpose.
• Registration of Exchange contract shall require fulfillment of the following conditions:
  a. Obtaining approval of the concern department in the competent authority on such exchange. If the subject of exchange is a popular house, it is required to obtain the Executive Council;
  b. Attendance in person of exchange parties or their legal representatives before the registrar. In case there are minor owners, it is required to obtain the competent court’s approval on such exchange.
  c. Payment of fixed fees of every property separated from the other, according to what is specified in the schedule attached to the Law.

Article (21)

Registration of Inheritance Right

Article (22)

Registration of Gift or Withdrawal thereof

Article (28-35)

Article (28)

Registration of Popular Houses

Article (29)

Regi

stration of Apartments & Floors

Article (30)

Registration of Original Real Right And Rights Branching from the title and Assignment thereof

Article (31)

Additional Provisions for Registration in Complexes

Article (32)

Chapter (5)- Final Provisions Effects of Registration

Article (33)

Evaluation

• Property evaluation shall be by the registrar out from the estimation table approved by the Competent Authority’s chairman, and the registration fees shall be collected based on the amount of such evaluation. The seller and buyer may agree on anther price for sale, and in such case, the fees shall be collected based on the agreed upon price if it is higher than the fixed evaluation.
• Property evaluation certificate shall be issued upon a request from the landlord, or upon a request from a competent or concerned authority after payment of fixed fees. The concerned parties may complain of the evaluation decision before the Competent Authority’s chairman, and the decision issued by him in this regard shall be final.

Article (1-5)

Article (1)

The following words and expressions shall have the meanings assigned thereto receptively, unless the context otherwise requires:

Department: Department of Urban Planning and Municipalities.

Municipality: The Municipality of Abu Dhabi City, the Municipality of Al Ain City, the Municipality of Al Dhafra or any other Municipality that may be established in the Emirate.

Floor Area: The gross horizontal areas of each level of a building or structure, as such area is measured from the outside walls of the building or from the middle of the outside walls as determined by the department.

Vacant Land: The lands designated under a resolution of the executive committee.

Article (2)

Municipal services fees shall be collected in accordance with the schedules hereto attached.

Article (3)

Subject to Schedule (1) hereto, the following transactions shall be exempted from property registration fees:

• Judgments subsequent to the registration of legacy and relating to the division of inheritance and dissociation at the first registration.
• Registration of lands and property dedicated to charity endowments authority.

Article (4)

Article (5)

Article (6-9)

Article (6)

Vacant commercial, investment and granted land may be disposed of subject to collecting a fee of (15%) of the value of the land.

Article (7)

A one-time infrastructure fee shall be collected for the approved gross floor area of the commercial and investment lands, according to the price per square meter of the floor area as specified in the following schedule:

Except for residential lands, an annual fee shall be collected on vacant land for which services are available and which are owned by one or more natural or legal persons, at not less than 1% and not exceeding 4% of the value of the land. Areas, standards and vacant lands fees shall be determined by a resolution of executive committee.

Article (9)

The Executive Council may amend the fees set out in this Resolution, and it may exclude any entity or person having natural or legal personality.

Article (10-11)

Article (10)

• The Executive Council Chairman Resolutions Nos. (72) of 2015 and No. (13) of 2016, No. (14) of 2016 and No. (43) of 2018 shall hereby be repealed.
• All provisions contrary to or in conflict with the provisions hereof shall be repealed.

Article (11)

Schedules of Fees annexed to Resolution No. (49) of 2018 On Municipal Services Fees in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi

1. Property registration fees

2. Land area increase fees

(a) Residential land

(B) Commercial and investment lands

(C) Agricultural land

3. Lease Registration Fees

4. Planning service fees