Interim Real Estate Register
السجل العقاري المبدئي
The interim real estate register is Dubai's official record of rights over properties that do not yet physically exist — units sold off-plan before completion. Established under Dubai's interim register law (Law No. 13 of 2008), it requires every off-plan sale, resale and mortgage to be recorded (in practice through the Oqood system), and a disposal of an off-plan unit that is not registered is void — the register is not optional paperwork but the source of the buyer's right itself. For buyers this has hard consequences: paying a developer or seller without ensuring registration leaves you with, at best, a contractual claim rather than a protected property interest. The interim register also underpins the resale market in under-construction units, recording each assignment, and on completion the entries migrate to the final register, where Oqood certificates are exchanged for title deeds. Verifying an interim registration before paying is basic off-plan due diligence.
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السجل العقاري المبدئي هو السجل الرسمي في دبي للحقوق الواردة على عقارات لم تكتمل بعد — أي الوحدات المبيعة على الخارطة. وقد أنشئ بموجب قانون السجل العقاري المبدئي (القانون رقم 13 لسنة 2008) الذي يوجب قيد كل بيع وإعادة بيع ورهن لوحدة على الخارطة (عبر نظام «عقود» عملياً)، ويقضي ببطلان التصرف غير المقيد — فالسجل ليس إجراءً ورقياً اختيارياً بل هو مصدر حق المشتري ذاته. ولهذا أثر عملي صارم: فمن يدفع لمطور أو بائع دون التأكد من القيد لا يملك في أحسن الأحوال سوى دعوى تعاقدية لا حقاً عينياً محمياً. ويقوم السجل أيضاً على عاتقه سوق إعادة بيع الوحدات قيد الإنشاء بقيد كل تنازل، وعند الإنجاز تنتقل القيود إلى السجل النهائي وتُستبدل بشهادات «عقود» سندات الملكية.
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