Real Estate Rules Revised

“Umm Al-Qura” published amendments to the Implementing Regulations of the Real Estate Registration Law. The amendments allow registration to be temporarily suspended when conflicting title deeds are discovered, pending settlement of the dispute or a final judgment. They also authorize the General Authority for Real Estate to correct clerical errors, provided it notifies the parties concerned, who may object within 30 days. The amendments set acceptable margins of discrepancy between a title deed and a cadastral survey according to location: in approved subdivisions, 1% for boundary lengths and 2% for area; in unplanned areas within urban boundaries, 2.3% and 5%; and outside those boundaries, 3.5% and 7%. Absolute caps on area also apply and vary by location. The amendments further require claims and real-estate disputes to be noted in the register within three business days, and limit grounds for refusing registration to an invalid title deed or property that has already been registered in rem.

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