UAE Civil Litigation LawFederal Law No. (13) of 2016 Concerning Judicial Fees Before Federal Courts

Article (9) Fees of Motion for Preemption 1. Fees for actions claiming the right of preemption to a property shall be calculated on the basis of the rate to be applied. 2. If the rate mentioned in the contract or calculated by an expert is higher and the preemption applicant waives his motion before the judgment is entered or the preemption applicant objects to the rate, the fees shall be calculated on the basis of the rate to be applied. 3. If the preemption applicant accepts the higher rate, the fees shall be calculated on the basis of such rate, regardless of the registration and the value of improvements required by the litigant or calculated by an expert shall be added to the rate. 4. If the judgment is appealed and the property value is calculated at a rate higher than the rate calculated by the preemptor, the fees shall be imposed on the rate calculated by the appellant.

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Article (13) Calculation of Fee in Some Actions Fees in the following actions shall be calculated as follows: 1. Ownership of a property or movable, the fees shall be calculated on the basis of the value of each one, which is stated by the applicant upon instituting the action, and any additional fees shall be collected if it is found that the value exceeds the calculated value. 2. Barter agreements, the fees shall be calculated on the basis of the higher value of the barters. 3. Validity, revocation or termination of agreements, the fees shall be calculated on the basis of the total value of the agreement or the value in dispute if identified by the plaintiff. If the action is related to the validity, revocation or termination of continuing agreements, the fees shall be calculated on the basis of the total cash

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Federal Law of 2016 Concerning Judicial Fees Before Federal Courts 6 consideration for the whole agreement term, and if the said agreement is executed partially, the action for its termination shall be calculated on the basis of the remaining term. 4. Lease-related disputes, the fees shall be calculated on the basis of the annual rent of the leased premises, subject to the following fee calculation mechanism: a. motion for the termination, evacuation or eviction of the leased premises, the fees shall be calculated depending on the rent of the term stated in the agreement, or the remaining term, as the case may be. b. Motion for the agreement renewal, the fees shall be calculated depending on the rent specified in the previous lease term. c. The action shall be deemed of unknown value in case of moving for the evacuation or eviction, without termination of the agreement. 5. Motion for proceeds, profits and interests, the fees shall be calculated on the basis of the claimed value until the day of instituting the action, and the fee due following the entry of the judgment shall be paid from the date of instituting the action until its issuance before being executed. Moreover, it shall be paid at the stage of execution of the judgment until full execution. 6. Mortgaging a property or movable, any accessory right-in rem attached thereto or debts, the fees shall be calculated on the basis of the value of the property or movable subject of the mortgage or the right; whichever is lower. 7. Allotment of common property and sale thereof in case it is impossible to divided the same, the fees shall be calculated on the basis of the share value. 8. Dissolution of a company and appointment of a liquidator, the fees shall be calculated on the basis of the company's capital value upon instituting the action. 9. Settlement of a claimed annuity, the fees shall be calculated on the basis of multiplying the same by twenty (20) if it is perpetual, or by ten (10) if it is for life. If the annuity is temporary, the fees shall be calculated on the basis of the annual pension multiplied by the years number thereof, provided that they are not more than ten. 10. Execution of a foreign judgment, the fees shall be calculated on the basis of the value specified in the judgment.

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Federal Law of 2016 Concerning Judicial Fees Before Federal Courts 7 11. Redemption of attached items, the fees shall be calculated on the basis of the value of such items. Chapter Three Criminal Action's Fees

Article (20) Fee of Multiple Motions 1. If an action contains motions of a known value arising out of single legal ground, the fee shall be calculated according to the total value thereof. If they arise out of various legal grounds, the fee shall be calculated on a case-by-case basis. 2. If an action contains motions of known value and others of unknown value, the fee shall be calculated on a case-by-case basis.

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Federal Law of 2016 Concerning Judicial Fees Before Federal Courts 9 3. If an action contains motions all of which are of unknown value, arising out of various legal grounds, the fee shall be calculated on a case-by-case basis and shall be collected for total motions. 4. If an action contains a principal motion and an alternative or ancillary motion, the higher fee shall be imposed. Additional motions shall be attached to the principal motion and the fee shall be calculated on the basis of total motions.

Article (22) Collection of Fees 1. Fees shall be binding on the party obligated by the judgment to pay the action expenses and shall be settled on this basis. The appeal shall not prevent the collection of such fees. 2. A judgment creditor shall receive a writ of execution without being contingent on collecting the remaining fees payable from others. 3. The action management office shall annotate the copy of the judgment, indicating the payable fees to be under consideration of the execution judge if he proceeds with execution of the judgment. Such annotation, after being signed by the chief justice or the judge, as the case may be, as an calculation of the fees, and shall be served with writ of execution. 4. If the litigant fails to apply for obtaining a writ of execution within ten days as of the entry date of the judgment. The action management office shall calculate the payable fees by an order to be issued by the chief justice or the judge, as the case may be, and the party obligated to pay the fees shall be served to pay the same in the State Treasury.

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Article (26) Adjudication in the Objection and Appealing it The Objection shall be filed with the court whose chief justice issues the calculation order or to the judge, as the case may be. The judgment shall be entered after hearing the statements of the action management office and the objector if he attends, and the judgment delivered on the objection to court fees shall be final if the value of adjudged fees in the objection is not more than (AED 1,000) one thousand dirhams. Such judgment may be appealed within fifteen days as of the service date; otherwise, the right to the objection for cassation shall be extinguished and the judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal shall be final.

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Article (27) Cases of Fees Refund 1. The full fees shall be refunded in the following cases: a. If a motion for interpreting or correcting a judgment or omission of a motion is granted; b. If a motion for disqualification of a judge or a prosecuting attorney is granted or if a judgment is entered in favor of the plaintiff; c. If a motion for disqualification of an expert is granted; d. If a rule is entered to cancel the auction for a reason not attributable to the party who paid the fee. e. In case of stay of execution at the request of interested parties before proceeding with its procedures; 2. Half of the fee amount shall be refunded in the following cases: a. If the dispute is settled by conciliation before setting a date for adjudication on a plea or interlocutory or final judgment. b. If the plaintiff or petitioner waives the action before the close of pleadings or setting a date for adjudication on the action or objection for cassation. 3. Motions for refunding fees shall not be heard after the lapse of (60) sixty days from the date of the last procedure. 4. No new fees shall be collected if the appeal or objection for cassation adjudicated to remand the case to the court which entered the challenged judgment.

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Federal Law of 2016 Concerning Judicial Fees Before Federal Courts 12 Chapter Seven Postponement of Fees and Exemption

Article (30) Exemption by Operation of Law The following shall be exempt from the civil court fees by operation of law: 1. Federal government and local agencies, associations, public utility institutions, and all those exempt from fees under a federal law, at all levels of the action and execution. 2. Motion for establishing family and charitable endowments, and motion for guardianship of children of unknown parentage and for establishing grants and charity certified by the Chief Justice.

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Federal Law of 2016 Concerning Judicial Fees Before Federal Courts 13 3. Actions, appeals, motions and procedures relating thereto, filed by workers, supporting service workers and the like, or their heirs, petitioning their entitlements arising from labor relations, at all levels of the action and execution. 4. Actions instituted by persons with disabilities pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Law regarding the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, at all levels of the action and execution. 5. Orders, actions, appeals, motions and procedures relating to alimony and motions for the conciliatory payment, dowry, housemaid wage and others if they are filed by the movant for alimony, at all levels of the action and execution. 6. Motions for death and inheritance declaration. 7. Motions and transactions relating to the following matters: a. Declaration for the purpose of requesting social or humanitarian aid or dependency. b. Declarations of pensions. c. Embracing Islam. d. The exemption shall cover the fees of copies and certificates. 8. Motion for the execution of judgments and renewal after nonsuit in personal status actions.

Article (41) Publishing and Entry into Force This Law shall be published in the Official Gazette, and shall come into full force and effect one month following the publishing thereof. Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan President of the United Arab Emirates Issued by us, in the Presidential Palace, Abu Dhabi: On: 16 Shaaban 1437 A.H. Corresponding to: 23 May 2016 AD

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Federal Law of 2016 Concerning Judicial Fees Before Federal Courts 17 Table of Judicial Fees Annexed to Federal Law No. (13) of 2016 Concerning Judicial Fees before the Federal Courts Fee due in UAE Dirhams Description No. Civil and Commercial Cases 750 Dispute brought before the Summary Court. 1 4,500 Unspecified claim. 2 3% of the value of the subject required to be under receivership, with maximum amount of AED 45,000 Claim of judicial receivership. 3 4% on the first 500,000 and 6% on anything above that, up to a maximum of 45,000 Dispute in Claim of known value. 4 750 Claim of declaration of civil insolvency. 5 750 Request to declaration of bankruptcy, restructuring, or preventive settlement (this fee includes judicial procedures until the end of bankruptcy, restructuring procedures, or preventive settlement. These fees do not include the expenses of publishing in newspapers and pasting on the bankruptcy ruling). 6 150 Claim or order to hand over the passport. 7 2% of the total property value, up to a maximum of 45,000 Claim to remove the joint ownership of the property. 8

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Federal Law of 2016 Concerning Judicial Fees Before Federal Courts 18 2% of the total property value, up to a maximum of 30,000 Claim to remove the joint ownership among the heirs. 9 7,500 Claim of to dismiss or litigate judges or members of the Public Prosecution. 10 5,000 Claim to dismiss judges. 11 450 Claim to prove validity of signature. 12 750 Easement Claim. 13 4,500 Claim to attest arbitration award or to invalidate a resolution of the Tribunal or Arbitrator. 14 750 Claim to hand over documents. 15 5% of the contract value and a maximum of 45,000 Claim for the validity and enforceability of the contract or the correctness of the contract. 16 4% of the company capital value, provided that the fee is not less than 150 and not more than 45,000 Claim to dissolve a company or appoint a liquidator for it, or both. 17 450 Validity of seizure claim. 18 750 Request to fix seals and on-site fixing of such seals on the Estate funds and on-site inventory. 19 750 Request to appoint or remove the Arbitrator in cases other than personal status. 20 300 Request to appoint, remove or replace a curator or guardian, temporary manager or Estate liquidator. 21 2% of the value of the money to be sold, provided that the fee does not exceed 45,000 Request to permit to sell mortgaged funds. 22 450 Request to cancel or write off mortgage. 23 3% of the claim value Request to pay rent. 24

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Federal Law of 2016 Concerning Judicial Fees Before Federal Courts 19 4% of the value of the Request or Claim, with a maximum of 45,000, provided that the fee is not less than 500 in all cases Order for payment. 25 Half of the order fee Appeal against order of payment or its appeal. 26 2% of its total value, with maximum of AED 45,000 Any claim of estimated value not included in the Table. 27 Labour claims 2% of the value of the amounts claimed, up to a maximum of 45,000 Labour Claim exceeding (100,000) filed by the worker or his heirs. 28 Personal Status 0 Submit the dispute to the Mediation and Conciliation Centre or the Family Guidance Committee. 29 0 Temporary estate restriction. 30 75 Order on a petition in personal status claim. 31 150 Order of travel ban in personal status claim. 32 75 Personal status and civil personal status claims (except those exempted from fees). 33 750 Claim to divide the estate or open an estate file. 34 1% of the claimed amount or subject, with maximum AED 45,000 Financial disputes relevant to personal status claim between spouses and its appeal. 35 300 Request to appoint, fix, remove or replace will executors, other than the lawsuit for dividing the estate. 36 750 Request to fix seals and on-site fixing of such seals on the Estate funds and inventory. 37

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Federal Law of 2016 Concerning Judicial Fees Before Federal Courts 20 1,000 Register or renew the registration of a Notary. 38 Security 2,000 and it shall be confiscated if the Request is rejected Request to return to the private estate department. 39 Documentation and Attestation 25 A legalised copy of the attestation, documentation or legalisation from the parties. 40 100 A legalised copy of the attestation, documentation or legalisation from a non-litigant, provided that the Court President so permits. 41 50 Request to attestation or legalisation, publishing proof, and documenting personal status contracts (except for declaring Islam or attesting social assistance), except for what is excluded by text. 42 50 Request to permission for a minor to carry on trade. 43 50 Agency in personal status and estates. 44 50 Marriage contract request. 45 Implementation 75 for each Objection Objections the enforcement in personal status. 46 500 Order to enforce a foreign judgment in personal status matters (petition). 47 300 Request to offer money or movables, etc. 48 1,500 Objection to selling a business store. 49 750 Appeal the resolutions of the Enforcement Judge in administrative Claims. 50 450 Deposit of money, financial debentures or jewellery or other items. 51 1,500 Deposit trademarks, commercial data or descriptions of inventions. 52 150 Deposit of house or shops keys, and other matters. 53

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Federal Law of 2016 Concerning Judicial Fees Before Federal Courts 21 First time 100 second time and then 300 Grant writ of enforcement to judgments, orders and executive instruments, including checks (except for personal status claims). 54 2% of the value of the disputed funds, provided that it is not less than 500 and not more than 3,000 Substantive implementation disputes. 55 300 Request to transfer attachment to funds other than the ones attached. 56 2% of the value of what is required for enforcement, provided that it is not less than 500 and not more than 3,000 Request to enforce the executive orders except the orders relevant to disputes of personal status. 57 450 Request to enforce executive orders of no specific value. 58 4,500 Order to enforce a foreign judgment except personal status matters (petition). 59 450 Request to suspend summary enforcement. 60 300 Objection of the list of sale conditions if it relates to enforcement procedure. 61 750 Request to fix writ of enforcement on the awards of Arbitrators that are of no specific value. 62 750 First objection of enforcement by the judgment debtor. 63 1,500 Any objection later than the first objection of enforcement by the judgment debtor. 64 75 Any objection or Appeal of enforcement submitted by parties that are not litigants. 65

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Federal Law of 2016 Concerning Judicial Fees Before Federal Courts 22 1,500 Request to suspend the enforcement of judgments in appeals by cassation, except for personal status claims. 66 450 Objection to the resolution of the Enforcement Judge (participation, distribution). 67 750 Suspension of the reviewed judgment. 68 3% of the price and a maximum of 15,000 The auction is awarded to the buyer (except for estate properties) 69 1 % of the price for which the auction was won, with maximum AED 15,000. Request to resale for the winner of the first auction. 70 25 Request to disburse the amount deposited in enforcement. 71 25 Request to follow up on enforcement procedures. 72 25 Request to participation in the enforcement file. 73 25 Request to seize what the debtor has with a third party. 74 25 Request to bail release. 75 25 Request to imprison the defendant. 76 25 Request to transfer the file to accounts. 77 25 Request to cancel travel ban in enforcement case. 78 25 Request to travel ban in enforcement case. 79 25 Request to cancel enforcement procedures. 80 25 Request to stay of enforcement. 81 25 Request to bail. 82 25 Request to sell seized items by public auction. 83 25 Request to permit renew vehicle ownership. 84 25 Request to permit renew a commercial licence. 85 25 Request to salary deduction. 86 25 Request to precautionary seizure in non-summary requests. 87

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Federal Law of 2016 Concerning Judicial Fees Before Federal Courts 23 25 Request to cancel the precautionary seizure of funds (movable/fixed) and properties in enforcement case. 88 25 Executive attachment request. 89 25 Request to cancel Executive attachment. 90 25 Request to cancel arrest warrant and suspend a search. 91 25 Request to waive the enforcement case. 92 25 Request a session. 93 25 Request to pay in instalments or for a grace period. 94 25 Arrest warrant. 95 25 Request to postpone instalment – instalments. 96 25 Investigation/Inquiry requests. 97 100 Financial report request. 98 General requests 450 Request to expedite the case after consensual stay. 99 450 Request to renew the case from deletion (except for personal status claims). 100 7,500 Request to precautionary seizure of real estate, aircraft, ships, and the like. 101 1,500 Request to replace the judicial receiver. 102 150 Request to replace the receiver on seized funds. 103 750 (in addition to the fees for the substantive Requests, unless the intervention is a joining one, in which case only the fee is required) Request to impleader or intervention of litigants. As for intervention ordered by the Court, free of fee. 104 50 Request to expedite a hearing (except for personal status cases). 105 First time 15 second time 150 and above Official copy of the judgment or resolution from either party. 106

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Federal Law of 2016 Concerning Judicial Fees Before Federal Courts 24 450 Warnings and announcements (otherwise the service process of the statement of claim or the judgment and the announcements relevant to the progress of litigation discussed before judges). 107 150 Legalisation of certificates and judgments in order to be used abroad. 108 50 Duplicate of a lost or damaged. 109 450 Any other Request that is not stated in the Table. 110 100 Any request not included in the Table concerning personal status matters. 111 300 Attestation and declaration of civil and commercial documents and contracts and anything relating thereto. 112 75 Any certificate given in civil, commercial and legal claims under the permission of the Court. 113 450 A copy of a judgment not from litigants, with the permission of the President of the Court and the existence of the legal interest. 114 50 Request to judicial delegation to another court. 115 Appeals (2,000) Appeal by cassation against all final judgments, (except personal status claims). 116 750 Appeal against the orders of the Enforcement Judge (except for personal status). 117 750 Appeal submitted against the orders or judgments of the Enforcement Judge. 118 1,500 Appeal and appeal by cassation against administrative judgments and orders. 119 1,500 Appeal against resolutions of experts or lawyers registration and the like. 120

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Federal Law of 2016 Concerning Judicial Fees Before Federal Courts 25 3,000 Administrative Claim initiated and appeal of resolutions issued by the management. 121 3,000 Security deposited before the Federal Supreme Court. 122 750 Appeal of disputes presented to summary court. 123 5% of the value of the appeal, with a maximum of 15,000 Fees for appealing judgments in Claims (except for personal status claims). 124 75 Appeal against the order issued in the order on a petition in personal status cases. 125 150 Appeal against the order issued in the order of travel ban in personal status cases. 126 50 Appeal against the orders of the Enforcement Judge (except for personal status claims). 127 150 Appeal of preliminary orders and final judgments in personal status claims. 128 450 Appeal, appeal by cassation or objection against precautionary attachment. 129 450 Appeal against order on petition, travel ban and its appeal, except in personal status claims. 130 1,000 Request to reconsideration in non-criminal cases and personal status matters. 131 1,000 Reversing order or final judgment issued by the Federal Supreme Court. 132 Criminal claims. 35 Violation claims, appeals and objections. 133 75 Misdemeanour claims, appeals and objections. 134 150 Claims of felonies, repetition of its procedures and appeals. 135 300 Cassation and reconsideration cases. 136

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Federal Law of 2016 Concerning Judicial Fees Before Federal Courts 26 300 Cases of rehabilitation. 137 30 Request submitted to the Public Prosecution in order to appeal by cassation, appeal, petition to review. 138 30 Request to recover bails or deposits. 139 30 Petition Request. 140 30 Request to submitting bail for accused. 141 30 Request to objection the enforcement. 142 30 Request to withdraw documents. 143 30 Request to receive a passport or Duplicate of sponsorship. 144 30 Request to receive a vehicle. 145 30 Request to international arrest warrant or cancellation of international arrest warrant. 146 30 Request to get claim summary. 147 30 Request to suspend temporary searching for the accused. 148 30 Request to get previous convictions of the accused. 149 15 Request to a certificate about claim proceeding or any procedure that relates to the claim. 150 15 Request to litigants to take official copy of the judgment. 151 75 Request to non-litigants to take a copy of the judgment. 152 7 Request to any true copy of the case papers (per paper). 153 30 Other Requests to Public Prosecution that are not included under the above Requests. 154 450 Request to interpret the judgment or omit requests (the fee shall be refunded if the applicant is the winner). 155 Summary

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Federal Law of 2016 Concerning Judicial Fees Before Federal Courts 27 3,000 Request to travel ban (without prejudice to the bail decided by the competent court). 156 750 Request to assign expert if it is submitted as independent claim or for proof of the case. 157 450 Request order on a petition, except for travel bans and precautionary seizures (except for orders on petitions in personal status matters). 158 750 Request to precautionary seizure in summary claims. 159

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