His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, may God protect him, issued Resolution No. (67) of 2025 amending some provisions of the executive regulations of the Real Estate Registration Law promulgated by Law No. (13) of 2013 issued by Resolution No. (10) of 2016, based on the presentation of the Chairman of the Survey and Land Registration Bureau, and after the approval of the Council of Ministers. It stated:
Article one
The title of Chapter Four of the First Section of the Executive Regulations of the Real Estate Registration Law promulgated by Law No. (13) of 2013 issued by Resolution No. (10) of 2016 will be replaced, and the titles of Chapters One and Two of the same section will be replaced with the following titles:
Chapter Four:
“Procedures for preparing a map of the property and the real estate unit.”
Chapter One:
“Property map”.
Chapter Two:
“Wahda Real Estate Map”.
Article Two
The texts of Articles (18), (20), (21), (31), (73), (76), (90), (91), (98), and (99), the first paragraph, and (100) of the executive regulations of the Real Estate Registration Law promulgated by Law No. (13) of 2013 issued by Resolution No. (10) of 2016, will be replaced with the following texts:
Article (18):
The Real Estate Survey Department, whether by itself or with the help of one of the private surveying offices, prepares the real estate map necessary for real estate registration procedures and is approved by the Director General of Surveying.
The property map must show the area in which the property is located, its area and its external borders, as well as the adjacent or nearby boundaries of neighboring properties and their numbers, if any. The dimensions and total areas of the property must be recorded in metres, the year of survey, the date the map was prepared, and the drawing scale.
Article (20):
The Real Estate Survey Department, whether by itself or with the help of one of the private surveying offices, prepares the map of the real estate unit necessary for real estate registration procedures and is approved by the Director General of Surveying.
The transaction request must be accompanied by the data and documents required by the competent surveying department to complete the required transaction procedures, especially the engineering drawings of the real estate unit and the property it contains, certified by the competent authority.
Article (21):
The real estate unit map must include the following:
1- A map of the location of the real estate unit in relation to the property or the group of buildings located within it.
2- A map of the unit showing the boundaries of this unit, its dimensions, area, and the subdivided parts that follow it, their number between the real estate units and the floor they are located on, and their type.
3- Survey plan number.
4- Address of the real estate unit.
5- Transaction file number.
6- Map number.
Article (31):
The section of the newspaper that describes the property’s type, number, area, boundaries, area in which it is located, and its contents of palm trees, crops, and built-up and unbuilt areas shall be recorded in the section of the newspaper. A map of the property is attached.
Article (73):
The Technical Affairs Department signs the zoning project on the maps and references it has, and the Real Estate Survey Department, in addition to the project signing on the maps and references it has, prepares a map for each parcel.
Article (76):
If the subject of the registration application is a storey, an apartment, or a building in a group of buildings, it must be accompanied by a detailed engineering drawing of the unit being dealt with in three paper or electronic copies approved by the municipality to which the property belongs, one of which is kept in the registration application file, the second is sent to the Technical Affairs Department, and the last to the Real Estate Survey Department in preparation for preparing a map of the real estate unit.
Article (90):
The ownership document must include a comprehensive statement of the property or the separated part of it, whether it is a floor, an apartment, a shop, or an office, in accordance with the provisions of the law, and in particular its type, number, location, area, descriptions, and its and any easement rights.
Article (91):
The ownership document includes a quick response code (QR Code) or other modern technical means through which all information, documents and rights related to the property or real estate unit that is the subject of the document can be accessed, especially the data contained in the following sections:
1- The purpose of editing the document.
2- Property map.
3- Notes and visas from the Technical Affairs Department.
4- Easement rights for or on the property.
5- Accessory real estate rights that burden the property.
6- Ownership transfer record.
Article (98):
When the ownership document is matched with the real estate registry, references, and records, the visas that indicate its conformity with what is recorded in the real estate registry, real estate unit newspapers, the advance book, and the date of each visa must be recorded in that document.
Article (99), first paragraph:
If there are multiple owners of the property, each owner or his representative with an official power of attorney may request that he be handed over an ownership document specific to his share, and that document will be delivered to him stating his name and the share he owns attributable to the entire property, accompanied by the phrase (for such and such a share out of such and such a share) or (for the right of a quarter, half, or third). After that, the phrase shared with another or others shall be mentioned in the right of the remainder, and the names of the rest of the owners shall not be mentioned. An estimation committee shall The real value of the property by estimating the real value of the owned share.
Article (100):
If one of the owners disposes of his entire common share in the property to a co-owner, the disposal shall be marked in the section of the ownership transfer register, and the document shall be marked as canceled and kept in the introduction file. The disposed share shall be added to the disposed partner’s document and shall be added to the share he originally owned, taking into account the controls contained in Article (44) of these regulations.
Article Three
The phrase “map of the real estate unit” replaces the phrase “map of the unit ownership document” contained in the definitions set forth in Article (1) of the executive regulations of the Real Estate Registration Law promulgated by Law No. (13) of 2013 issued by Resolution No. (10) of 2016.
Article Four
Articles (19), (22), (93) and (137) of the executive regulations of the Real Estate Registration Law promulgated by Law No. (13) of 2013 issued by Resolution No. (10) of 2016 shall be repealed.
Article Five
The head of the Survey and Land Registration Bureau must implement this decision, and it will come into effect from the day following the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
