Law No. (7) of 2019
Amending Law No. (7) of 2006
Concerning
Real Property Registration in the Emirate of Dubai
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.

Superseded Article

Article (1)

Article (9) of the above-mentioned Law No. (7) of 2006 is hereby superseded by the
following:
Registration

Article (9)
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 shall 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.

Publication and Commencement

Article (2)
This Law shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall 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.