Ministry of Justice preparing regulations for real estate registration law

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is preparing regulations and executive decisions of Law No. (5) of 2024 regulating real estate registration...

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is preparing regulations and executive decisions of Law No. (5) of 2024 regulating real estate registration, in order to complete the procedures for activating the provisions of the new law.

Assistant Undersecretary for Real Estate Registration and Documentation Affairs at MoJ, Saeed Abdullah Al Suwaidi, said this comes within the framework of the ministry’s efforts to upgrade the legal and service system, in implementation of the directives of the wise leadership to expedite transactions and services afforded to citizens and residents, in addition to promote the level of services in the government authorities, including the activation of the digital transformation initiatives, Al Suwaidi outlined.

He said the law has created an array of new provisions in their entirety in real estate registration which primarily ensure the citizens’ rights and ownership of their real estate and property, as well as private investments conducted by citizens and non-citizens, who currently enjoy unprecedented legal guarantees thanks to the advanced legislation approved by Qatar during the past period.

Al Suwaidi said customers will be able to sell and purchase the property online via SAK mobile app soon and enforce the real estate registration measures electronically, in accordance with the regulations and measures issued by a decision from the Minister of Justice. 

This is in addition to providing the feature of notating judicial rulings on the real estate page as soon as they are issued to avoid fraud, giving more transparency to transactions, and informing the parties of all real estate data, which will contribute to reducing real estate disputes. The law has dedicated a special ruling for the registration measures, authentication of signatures, so that a register is created in the Real Estate Registration Department at the MoJ in which registration applications are recorded with serial numbers according to the order in which they are submitted, and in which requests for obtaining documents and certificates are recorded, he highlighted.