Law No.
( 7) of 1997 Regarding Land Registration Fees
I, Maktoum bin Rashid Al
Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai
Issue the following Law:
Article (1)
This Law shall be called
the Land Registration Fees Law of 1997
and shall take effect from the date of
its publication in the Official Gazette.
Article (2)
The following words and
expressions shall have the meaning set
out opposite, unless the context shall
require otherwise:
Ruler:
HH The Ruler of
Dubai
Department:
Lands and
Properties Department
Fees:
Fees for
applications to register
land
Immoveable Land or Property:
Land and
buildings, trees and other
immoveable things fixed to
the land
Land
Registry Transactions:
Various
transactions that can be
registered at the Lands and
Properties Department
including sale, donation,
transfer by way of
inheritance, agreed exit
from inheritance/settlement
(Takharuj), wills, partition
among co-owners (Qisma),
mortgage, mortgage transfer,
mortgage release and the
creation of charitable and
inter-successor endowments
Article (3)
The Department shall charge
the fees listed in the schedule attached
to this Law for Land Registry
Transactions
Article (4)
When registering a
sale, the purchaser and seller shall
pay a fee equivalent to 1.5% and
0.5% of the sale price respectively
When registering a
consensual or compulsory partition
of immovable property (Qisma), the
co-owners shall each pay a fee
equivalent to their share prior to
partition
Fees for the
registration of agreed exits from
inheritance/ settlement (Takharuj),
donations, wills, mortgages,
assignment of debt, shall be paid by
the transferee, donee, benefactor,
debtor and assignee respectively
The fee for
transactions other than those
mentioned in paras a, b and c, shall
be paid by the applicant or the
beneficiary of the transaction
Article (5)
If the Director-General of the
Department believes that the value
approved by the parties to the
transaction is less than the actual
value of the immovable property, he
shall refer the appraisal to a 5 man
committee appointed by the Head of the
Department and the fee shall be charged
on the basis of the committee’s
appraisal.
Article (6)
An heir may register his
inheritance share after the required fee
has been paid and the other heirs have
registered their shares. No transaction
shall be entertained in respect of those
shares until the fees for the shares
have been paid.
Article (7)
The creditor of an heir may, for the
sake of determining the current lawful
heirs, request the Department to
register his debtor’s inheritance share
after the required fees have been paid
and the shares of the other heirs have
been registered. No transaction shall be
entertained in respect of those shares
until the fees for the shares have been
paid
Article (8)
Any fraction of a Dirham will be
treated as a whole Dirham in Land
Registry Transactions
Article (9)
An exemption from the fees
listed in the schedule attached to
this Law shall apply to:
The Government of Dubai
Charity associations
Charity endowments
Immovable property owned by
Dubai Municipality and any other
local authority for a public
purpose
An exemption from the
donation or sale fee shall apply
when registering immovable
property granted by the
government or purchased under
the private housing finance
program law
An exemption from
the mortgage fee shall apply
when registering the
mortgage of immovable property
in favour of the private housing
finance program, the Emaar
Council, and transferring and
releasing such mortgage
Article (10)
The Ruler may order fee
exemption in relation to land
registration
Article (11)
All laws, regulations,
orders and directives or parts of laws,
regulations, orders and directives in
conflict herewith, are to the extent of
such conflict hereby repealed
Article (12)
This Law shall be published
in the Official Gazette
MAKTOUM BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM
RULER OF DUBAI
Issued in Dubai on 23rd
April 1997
FEE SCHEDULE
Transaction
Fee
Sale
1.5% of the
sale price + local charges
equivalent to 0.5% of the
sale price
Donation
0.125% of the
value of the gifted
property
Transfer By Way of
Inheritance
AED 1,000
subject to Articles 6 and 7
of this Law
Agreed
Exit from
Inheritance/Settlement
(Takharuj)
Free of charge
unless the transferred
share exceeds AED 5 million
in which
case a fee equivalent to
0.25% of the
transferred share would
apply
Will
0.125 % of the value of the
bequeathed property
Mortgage
0.25% of the debt amount
Mortgage Transfer
0.25% of the transferred
debt
Mortgage Release
AED 1,000 whatever the debt
amount
Extension of Payment
Period
under Mortgage Contract
AED 1,000 whatever the debt
amount
Partition Among
Co-Owners
0.25 % of the value of the
partitioned property
Creation of
Inter-Successor
Endowment
0.1 % of the estimated value
of the
endowment up to a maximum
AED 1,000
Issuance of a
Replacement
Title Deed in Lieu of Lost
Title
Deed
