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The Board of Directors of the Real Estate General Authority,
based on the powers entrusted to it by law,
after perusal of the amendment of articles 6, 9, and 11 of the Land Registration Law by Royal Decree D/123 dated 10 Jumada Al-Thani 1447 [1 December 2025],
after perusal of article 38 of the Land Registration Law issued by Royal Decree D/91 dated 19 Ramadan 1443 [20 April 2022],
after perusal of the Executive Regulation of the Land Registration Law issued by Real Estate General Authority Board of Directors Decision 1/20/T/22 dated 27 Muharram 1444 [25 August 2022],
and after agreement with the Ministry of Justice,
hereby decides
First
The Executive Regulation of the Land Registration Law issued by Real Estate General Authority Board of Directors Decision 1/20/T/22 dated 27 Muharram 1444 [25 August 2022] is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 1 is amended by adding the following definitions:
– “Purely clerical and material errors:
Clerical, arithmetic, or technical errors in the real estate register or its documents that do not affect the registered rights in rem.
– Amendment of property data:
Changing the data of a property registered in the real estate register in accordance with approved legal documents, including the descriptions, boundaries, area, or spatial data of the property.
– Duplication between title deeds:
The existence of two or more title deeds, any of which results in establishing conflicting ownership of the same property or of part of it.”.
2. Article 2 is deleted.
3. Article 3(2) is deleted and the paragraphs are renumbered accordingly.
4. Article 6 is amended to read as follows:
“1. An application to correct purely clerical and material errors is submitted by any interested party and includes:
(a) The property number.
(b) The capacity of the applicant for correction.
(c) The error to be corrected and the documents necessary for that.
2. Minutes of the correction must be prepared and attached to the property sheet file, and include the following:
(a) The number and date of the minutes.
(b) The property number.
(c) A statement of the error, its cause, and how it was discovered.
(d) The action to be taken and its supporting document.
3. The authority corrects purely clerical and material errors if it finds them without an application from the interested parties, and minutes must be prepared to that effect in accordance with paragraph 2 of this article.
4. The real estate registrar approves applications to correct purely clerical and material errors.
5. The correction of purely clerical and material errors does not affect the provisions relating to the absolute probative force of the property.
6. Purely clerical and material errors in the data of the real estate register must be corrected in a manner that ensures traceability and knowledge of what has been corrected and who made the correction.
7. The authority notifies the concerned parties of the correction by any of the methods provided for in article 5 of the regulation.
8. The concerned party has the right to object to the correction within 30 days from the date of notification of the correction.”.
5. Article 7(2) is amended to read as follows: “2. With the exception of the data of the owners of rights in rem and the data of properties that the relevant authorities determine to be confidential, any person may submit an application to obtain data from the real estate register specifying the data requested and the purpose of the application.”.
6. The opening part of article 9(1) is amended to read as follows: “1. The decision determining the real estate area must be announced on boards at the site of the real estate area and its entrances, in addition to any other means determined by the decision, provided that these include one or more of the following:”
7. Article 9(1)(d) is deleted.
8. Article 9(2)(a) is amended to read as follows: “(a) The decision of the authority determining the real estate area, including its number and date and the period that must elapse for the first land registration to acquire absolute probative force.”.
9. An article numbered 9 bis is added to the regulation with the following text: “The first land registration procedures begin with the submission of the first land registration application and end with the issuance of the title registration deed or the rejection of the application.”.
10. Article 10(2) is amended to read as follows: “2. The applicant for first land registration must be notified of the number of the application, and must also be notified of the rejection of the application, provided that the notification in both cases includes the day, date, and time, by any of the methods provided for in article 5 of the regulation.”.
11. Article 10(5) is amended to read as follows: “5. If the property subject of the first land registration application or its deed has restrictions preventing its disposal, the first land registration procedures must be suspended until the suspension on the property is lifted.”.
12. Article 11 is amended to read as follows:
“1. The authority documents real estate dispositions made on the property during the period of the first land registration procedures, after verifying that the property meets the first land registration requirements and that there is no restriction or impediment preventing its documentation or the completion of the land registration procedures of the property, in accordance with the form it approves.
2. The form referred to in paragraph 1 of this article must specify the data of the parties to the disposition, the property and its title deed, the type and date of the disposition, the number and date of the first land registration application, and any other data determined by the authority.
3. The transferee must be enabled—before the disposition is documented—to view the data of the property and the first land registration application.
4. Any person to whom the ownership right of the property is transferred during the period of the first land registration procedures—in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article—replaces the previous owner in completing the first land registration procedures.
5. Real estate dispositions on the property shall not be documented after a reasoned decision is issued by the real estate registrar rejecting the first land registration application.”.
13. Article 12 is amended to read as follows:
“1. If a duplication occurs between title deeds during the first land registration procedures and the owners do not agree, the first land registration procedures for the property must be suspended by a reasoned decision of the real estate registrar until the duplication is resolved by legal means, including the issuance of a final judgment by the competent court.
2. The suspension of procedures provided for in paragraph 1 of this article is not considered a rejection of the first land registration application and does not result in the loss of priority of the application, unless a reasoned decision to that effect is issued by the real estate registrar.
3. The real estate registrar issues a reasoned decision to resume the first land registration procedures when the reason for the suspension of procedures provided for in paragraph 1 of this article ends, or when the decision to suspend the procedures is cancelled based on a grievance, as the case may be.”.
14. Article 13 is amended to read as follows:
“1. If the lengths or area in the deed differ from the lengths or area of the property on the ground—by increase or decrease—the data of the deed in terms of lengths and area must be registered if it is proven by an approved survey that the difference does not exceed the limits of permissible increase or decrease according to Table 1, without prejudice to the rights of third parties or the boundaries of roads, streets, passageways, and any public utilities.
2. If the difference between the lengths or area in the deed and the lengths or area of the property on the ground exceeds the limits of permissible increase or decrease according to Table 1, the first land registration procedures are not completed until the discrepancy is resolved in accordance with the legal procedures.
3. If the area of the property on the ground is less than the area stated in the title deed of the property by more than the permissible limits according to Table 1, the approval of the shortfall by the concerned parties is considered a resolution of the discrepancy for the purposes of completing the first land registration procedures.
| Classification of real estate areas | Error ratio in lengths | Error ratio in area | Degree of variance |
| Approved plan areas located within urban boundaries and spaces. | 1% | 2% | Provided that the amount of increase or decrease does not exceed 100 square meters from what is stated in the deed. |
| Unplanned areas located within urban boundaries and spaces. | 2.3% | 5% | Provided that the amount of increase or decrease does not exceed 300 square meters from what is stated in the deed. |
| Areas located outside urban boundaries and spaces. | 3.5% | 7% | Provided that the amount of increase or decrease does not exceed 3,500 square meters from what is stated in the deed. |
Table 1
Permissible Ratio of Discrepancy between the Deed and Reality
15. Article 14(1) is amended to read as follows: “1. Subject to article 13 of the regulation, properties may be registered without the concerned parties submitting a registration application if the data of the title deeds meeting the legal requirements are available and the geospatial data of the property are complete.”.
16. An article numbered 14 bis is added to the regulation with the following text:
“1. A first land registration application shall not be rejected except by a reasoned decision of the real estate registrar based on one of the following reasons:
(a) The title deed is not in force or not valid.
(b) The property subject of the application is already land-registered when the application is submitted.
2. Any person whose application is rejected because the title deed is not in force or not valid may submit a first land registration application after the deed is rectified.”.
17. Article 16(9) is amended to read as follows: “9. The date of the first land registration in the real estate register and the date of publication in the lists of land-registered properties.”.
18. Article 17(1) is amended to read as follows: “1. The lists of land-registered properties must be published on the electronic platform of the real estate register after the first registration procedures are completed.”.
19. Article 17(2) is amended to read as follows: “2. The authority announces, through the means it deems appropriate, that it has published the lists of land-registered properties.”.
20. Article 17(3) is deleted.
21. Article 18 is amended to read as follows:
“1. A person objecting to the first land registration—after filing the lawsuit with the competent court—submits to the real estate register an application for annotation of the lawsuit in the real estate register and the lists of land-registered properties.
2. The court competent to hear the objection lawsuit may request the real estate register to annotate the lawsuit in the real estate register and the lists of land-registered properties, without the need for an application by the objecting interested party.
3. An objection lawsuit against the first land registration is not annotated if it is filed after the first land registration acquires absolute probative force, and this does not prejudice the right of the aggrieved party to resort to the competent court to claim compensation in accordance with the provisions of the law.
4. An objection lawsuit against the first land registration must be annotated within three working days from the date of submission of the annotation application meeting its requirements, or from the date of receipt of the request of the competent court, as the case may be.
5. Any interested party may request to be provided, free of charge, with proof that the lawsuit has been annotated.
6. The end of the lawsuit relating to the first land registration is annotated after the final judgment is issued and its content is included in the real estate register.”.
22. Article 20(1) is amended to read as follows: “1. The real estate registrar is competent to document all dispositions subsequent to the first land registration, and issues a deed for the right in rem.”.
23. A paragraph numbered 3 is added to article 20 with the following text: “3. The authority prepares the forms of the deeds of rights in rem issued by the real estate register, and the chief executive officer of the authority approves these forms.”.
24. An article numbered 23 bis is added to the regulation with the following text:
“1. The concerned party, after filing the lawsuit with the competent court, submits an application for annotation of the content of the lawsuit in the real estate register if the lawsuit relates to a real estate right in rem or to a disposition required to be registered in the real estate register, provided that the lawsuit involves making a change in the data of the real estate register. The concerned party attaches to the application the documents and data specified in article 25 of the regulation.
2. The court competent to hear the lawsuit may request the real estate register to annotate this lawsuit without the need for an application by the concerned party.
3. The lawsuit referred to in paragraph 1 of this article must be annotated within three working days from the date of submission of the annotation application meeting its requirements, or from the date of receipt of the request of the competent court, as the case may be.
4. Any interested party may request to be provided, free of charge, with proof that the lawsuit has been annotated.
5. The end of the lawsuit referred to in paragraph 1 of this article is annotated after the final judgment is registered in accordance with article 24 of the regulation.”.
25. Article 24 is amended to read as follows:
“Subject to the provisions of article 17 and article 18 of the law, the following is required:
1. The concerned parties shall provide the real estate register with the final judgments issued regarding the lawsuits referred to in article 17 and article 18 of the law within 60 days from the date on which the judgment became final.
2. The final judgments referred to in paragraph 1 of this article must be registered in the real estate register within 30 days from the date of their submission meeting the legal requirements.
In all cases, the judgment may be registered, if it meets the legal requirements, within 90 days from the date on which the judgment became final.
3. The final judgment issued in any of the lawsuits referred to in article 16 of the law may be registered after the expiry of the period of 90 days specified in article 17 of the law if no rights have arisen for third parties and no data have been recorded in their favor in the real estate register after the annotation of the lawsuit, or, where rights have arisen for third parties or data have been recorded in their favor in the real estate register after the annotation of the lawsuit, if the registration of the judgment does not require the cancellation or amendment of those rights or data in a manner that affects their holders.
4. A copy of the final judgments registered in the real estate register must be kept.
5. Any interested party may request to be provided, free of charge, with proof of the registration referred to in this article.”.
26. Article 25 is amended to read as follows:
“The applicant for registration of dispositions subsequent to the first land registration of the property, the applicant for registration of final judgments, or the applicant for annotation—each as referred to in articles 13, 14, 16, and 18 of the law—submits, in accordance with article 20 of the law, an application including the following data, as the case may be:
1. The data of the property.
2. The data of the parties to the application or lawsuit.
3. The subject of the application.
4. The number of the lawsuit, the date of its filing, and the court with which it is filed.
5. The right in rem subject of the application.
6. The official documents proving the entitlement of the applicant to the requested procedure, including the following:
(a) Final judgment deeds.
(b) Acknowledgments issued by the competent authority.
(c) Statements of claim.
(d) Registered lease contracts.
(e) Legally authenticated documents.”.
27. Article 26 is amended to read as follows:
“1. The time and date of submission of the application referred to in article 20 of the law for registration of dispositions subsequent to the first land registration of the property or for annotation must be recorded, specified by day, hour, and minute.
2. If more than one application for registration of dispositions subsequent to the first land registration of the property or for annotation concerning the same property is submitted to the real estate register in accordance with article 20 of the law, they must be examined according to the priority of their submission if there is a conflict or connection between them that prevents giving precedence to one over the other.
3. If the application is submitted incomplete, it must be returned to the applicant to complete the deficiencies within 30 days from the date of submission of the application; the applicant may complete the application more than once during this period, and if the applicant does not complete the required deficiencies within this period, the application is deemed never to have been submitted.
4. The applicant must be provided with proof of having submitted the application for registration of dispositions subsequent to the first land registration of the property or for annotation.”.
28. Article 27 is amended to read as follows:
“1. Subject to article 21 of the law, the real estate registrar issues a reasoned decision rejecting the application for registration of dispositions subsequent to the first land registration or for annotation in the real estate register, or on the loss of priority, or on the suspension of procedures.
2. The applicant for registration or annotation in the real estate register in accordance with article 25 of the regulation must be notified of the decision of the real estate registrar rejecting the application, on the loss of its priority, or on the suspension of procedures, and the reasons for that, by any of the methods provided for in article 5 of the regulation.”.
29. An article numbered 27 bis is added to the regulation with the following text:
“1. A grievance against a decision of the real estate registrar rejecting or suspending applications for registration of dispositions subsequent to the first land registration of the property or for annotation, or on the loss of their priority, results in the suspension of the examination of subsequent applications until the grievance is decided.
2. If the decision rejecting or suspending applications for registration of dispositions subsequent to the first land registration of the property or for annotation, or on the loss of their priority, becomes final, the subsequent applications may proceed according to the priority of their submission if they meet their legal requirements, and the rejected application or the application whose priority has lapsed is disregarded in the order of priority.”.
30. Article 30(2) is amended to read as follows: “2. The data of off-plan properties must be recorded in the register referred to in article 29 of the law before the disposal process begins, according to the data received from the authority.”.
31. Article 32(2) is amended to read as follows: “2. If the owner of the property does not submit the application within 30 days from the completion of the off-plan property, then, based on a decision issued by the licensing authority for the off-plan property project—after the requirements provided for in paragraph 1 of this article are met—a request may be made to transfer the data of the property from the off-plan property register to the real estate register, and the authority issues the title registration deed accordingly.”.
32. Article 33(5) is amended to read as follows: “5. Except for purely clerical and material errors, the data of a divided real estate unit are amended after the approval of the entity concerned with the division, unless the amendment affects the data of the other divided units, in which case the approval of the concerned parties is required.”.
33. Article 35 is amended to read as follows:
“Real estate areas are classified—in the decision determining the real estate area—into three levels as follows:
1. Approved plan areas located within urban boundaries and spaces.
2. Unplanned areas located within urban boundaries and spaces.
3. Areas located outside urban boundaries and spaces.”.
34. Article 42 is amended to read as follows:
“1. Maps must be prepared using modern technologies such as recent aerial imagery orthorectified using ground control points and complying with the resolutions and specifications recommended by the competent authority, provided that all coordinates are linked to the initial cadastral map and the national geodetic reference system, and that the absolute horizontal accuracy specified for the ground points of the corners of land plots and buildings is 25 cm or better in approved plan areas located within urban boundaries and spaces, and 200 cm elsewhere.
2. A land plot may be delineated on the ground using aerial and satellite imagery, in accordance with the technical specifications for collecting geospatial and survey data listed in Table 2; where it is difficult to determine the boundaries or higher spatial accuracy is needed, a ground field survey must be carried out.
3. The geospatial data for first land registration are approved based on the delineation of the land plot on the ground.
4. The survey for first land registration is carried out on the basis of a plot or group of plots surrounded by streets, passageways, or natural dividing features.
5. Other layers must be added to the real estate register representing what is beneath, above, and on the land, including buildings, fixed appurtenances, crops, factories, or other facilities such as ports, airports, electricity lines, pipelines, and others.
| Specifications | Approved plan areas located within urban boundaries and spaces | Unplanned areas located within urban boundaries and spaces | Areas located outside urban boundaries and spaces |
| Image resolution | 5–15 cm | 15–50 cm | |
| Permitted absolute horizontal accuracy of remote sensing data outputs | 25 cm | 200 cm | |
| Forward overlap ratio | 80% | 70% | |
| Side overlap ratio | 60%–80% | 35% | |
| Spectral resolution | 4band (minimum) RGB NIR | ||
| Radiometric resolution | 12bit (minimum) | ||
Table 2
Technical Specifications for Collecting Geospatial and Survey Data
35. Article 46 is amended to read as follows:
“1. The raw data must be submitted after carrying out any ground field survey, accompanied by a description card of the activities carried out, as follows:
(a) The type and model of the device used.
(b) The date and time of observation.
(c) The network of reference observation stations or the connection points to the national geodetic networks used in the observation process.
(d) The observation location (name of the city and name of the district).
(e) The coordinates of the center of the work area in the approved geodetic reference system.
(f) The name of the surveyor, the license number, and the name of the company carrying out the survey work.
2. The minimum relative horizontal accuracy must be complied with in all ground field survey activities in accordance with Table 3 below:
| No. | Classification of real estate areas | Relative horizontal accuracy of the location, measured in meters |
| 1 | Approved plan areas located within urban boundaries and spaces. | 0.05 |
| 2 | Unplanned areas located within urban boundaries and spaces. | 0.15 |
| 3 | Areas located outside urban boundaries and spaces. | 0.5 |
Table 3
Technical Criteria for Relative Horizontal Accuracy in Field Surveying
3. The criteria in Table 3 above, or better criteria, apply to each of the following:
(a) Ground surveying works for vacant land.
(b) Real estate disputes.”.
36. Article 50 is amended to read as follows: “The Board of Directors of the authority issues the following guides: the Guide for First Land Registration of Property, the Guide for Registration of Dispositions Subsequent to the First Land Registration of Property, and the Guide for Survey Works.”.
Second
This decision must be published in the official gazette and communicated to those who are required to implement it and act upon it as of the date of its publication.
May Allah provide success.
Minister of Municipalities and Housing
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Real Estate General Authority
Majid bin Abdullah Al-Huqail
Issued on: 17 Rabi Al-Thani 1448
Corresponding to: 28 September 2026
Published in Umm Al-Qura 5192 issued on 30 October 2026.