Law
No. (7) of 2019
Amending
Law No. (7) of 2006
Concerning
Real
Property Registration in the Emirate of Dubai[1]
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We,
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai,
After perusal of:
Federal Law No. (5) of 1985 Issuing the Civil Code of the
United Arab Emirates and its amendments; and
Law No. (7) of 2006 Concerning Real Property Registration in
the Emirate of Dubai,
Do
hereby issue this Law.
Article
(9) of the above-mentioned Law No. (7) of 2006 is hereby superseded by the
following:
a.
All dispositions that create,
transfer, change,
or extinguish Real Property Rights, and all the final rulings validating these
dispositions, must be recorded in the Real Property Register. These
dispositions will not be deemed effective unless recorded in the Real Property
Register.
b.
Without prejudice to the rights of Persons
acting in good faith, and subject to the provisions stipulated in the
above-mentioned Federal Law No. (5) of 1985 concerning claims
for infectiveness of debtors' dispositions as
against creditors, all Real Property dispositions
that create Real Property Rights,
and are recorded in the Real Property Register of the Land Department, are hereby
deemed effective as against
all Persons
even if the party undertaking the Real Property disposition is indebted
to a third party, unless the
disposition is intended
to be detrimental to the rights of that third
party.
This
Law will be published in the Official Gazette and will come into force on the
day on which it is published.
Mohammed bin
Rashid Al Maktoum
Ruler of Dubai
Issued in Dubai on 4 September 2019
Corresponding to 5 Muharram 1441 A.H.
©2020 The Supreme Legislation Committee in the
Emirate of Dubai
[1]Every effort has been made to produce an
accurate and complete English version of this legislation. However, for the
purpose of its interpretation and application, reference must be made to the
original Arabic text. In case of conflict, the Arabic text will prevail.