Justice Minister issues decision regulating off-plan sales procedures

Doha, Qatar: Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs HE Ibrahim bin Ali Al Mohannadi issued a decision regulating the Preliminar...

Doha, Qatar: Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs HE Ibrahim bin Ali Al Mohannadi issued a decision regulating the Preliminary Real Estate Register, defining its data and procedures, as part of the executive measures of Law No. (6) of 2014 regulating the real estate sector and its amendments.

The move is intended to consistently keep pace with the national vision aimed at driving the real estate sector forward and strengthening its role within the ecosystem of sectors supporting national development.

The decision specified the components of the Preliminary Real Estate Register, which shall consist of a set of real estate title records designated for off-plan real estate units, along with the supplementary registers thereto, containing applications, contracts and their legal instruments, architectural designs, and engineering plans for the project duly approved by the competent authorities.

The decision further stipulates that the Preliminary Real Estate Register shall record, for each off-plan real estate unit, the area details, the original property number, the approved project data, the off-plan unit number, its area, boundaries, specifications, any common parts where applicable, and the designated purpose thereof.

It shall also record the data indicating the identity of the owner, or the owners in cases of co-ownership of the off-plan real estate unit, the share of each, the cause of acquisition and the cause of termination of ownership, daily register entries, ancillary real rights, related restrictions, and the manner and grounds for their cancellation.