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Dubai Property Law 2006


Dubai Property Law 2006

Chapter Six

Registration

Article (9)

All transactions that create, transfer, change or cancel rights over Land shall be recorded in the land register and final judgments confirming those transactions shall also be likewise registered. No transaction shall have any effect unless registered in the Land Register.

Article (10)

Any undertaking to transfer a right over the Land shall be limited to an obligation to pay compensation if the obligor is in breach of his undertaking, whether the undertaking contains a provision to pay compensation or not.

Article (11)

If the estate of a deceased contains Right over Land then the certificate of inheritance shall not be effective or recognized against third parties unless registered in the Land Department.

Article (12)

The department may for the purpose of settlement entertain applications for registration submitted by persons in possession of Land that is not registered in their names.

Chapter seven

Alterations or corrections of Records in the Register of Land

Article (13)

The Department may, on the application of a interested party or on its own initiative with notification to those concerned, correct clerical errors in the records of the Land Register.

Article (14)

In coordination with the relevant authorities, the Department shall update its records of Land Units and of what is located thereon such as buildings, plants or otherwise.

Chapter Eight

The Maps

Article No.15 

For the purpose of registration of Land Units and Land areas, the following maps shall be relied upon:

Typographic master map;

Map of Land Unit and,
Map of Land Area 
Each Land area shall have its own separate map indicating the Land Units located on it and the numbers thereof.
Each Land Unit shall have its own separate map indicating its site, boundaries, width and length, area, its features, construction located on it and the numbers given for its neighboring units.


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