Dubai Land Department Power of Attorney
Dubai Land Department names an official power of attorney as what it accepts in place of an owner who is not there. This page is about that specific requirement, not about property powers of attorney in general.
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它是什么
DLD publishes the documents its title transfer service requires, and one line of that list is the whole reason this document exists: the UAE ID of the owner, "or an official power of attorney from the owner in case it is not present in person". Owners who are not UAE residents are separately listed as needing a valid passport copy. So for an owner who cannot attend, the power of attorney is not a convenience - it is what stands in their place at the counter. It is also not one counter's quirk. Title Deed Modification asks for the same thing in almost the same words - "Copy of the Emirates ID of the owner, or a legal Power of Attorney if the owner is not attending in person" - and Property Gift Registration states plainly that "A Legal Power of Attorney is required if someone is acting on behalf of the parties." Six separate DLD services say a version of the same thing, one consistent answer to absence.
适合谁
A Dubai property owner who will not be at the Land Department in person, most often because they are outside the UAE, and the representative who will attend for them.
The six DLD services that name a power of attorney
Dubai Land Department publishes the documents each of its services requires, which means this is checkable rather than a matter of anyone's experience. Six of those lists name a power of attorney, and they span buying, changing, gifting, financing, letting and managing - which is most of what an owner ever does:
- Title transfer - requires the UAE ID of the owner "or an official power of attorney from the owner in case it is not present in person". Non-resident owners are separately listed as needing "Copies of valid passports for owners (non-residents)". Delivered at the Land Department main headquarters; stated completion time 25 minutes.
- Title deed modification - requires a "Copy of the Emirates ID of the owner, or a legal Power of Attorney if the owner is not attending in person", plus valid passport copies for non-resident owners and, where the area is being modified, an official letter or a new map from the municipality. Main branch or a Real Estate Services Trustees centre; 25 minutes.
- Property gift registration - states plainly that "A Legal Power of Attorney is required if someone is acting on behalf of the parties". Delivered at Real Estate Registration Trustees centres; 25 minutes.
- Mortgage transfer - lists "A legal power of attorney in case a representative for them", alongside a no-objection letter from the previous bank, a letter from the new bank, three certified mortgage contracts and a developer E.NOC. Online mortgage system or a trustees centre; 15-20 minutes.
- Tenancy contract registration (Ejari) - at a trustees centre, requires "Presentation of the official Power of Attorney if the applicant is a rep".
- Property management contract registration - the applicant must "be the owner of the property or their representative as per an official power of attorney or a signed management contract". Free service; 10 minutes.
What DLD charges, separately from us
These are the authority's own published fees. They are paid to the authority, or to the trustee centre delivering the service, and they are not part of our professional fee.
- Title transfer - AED 250 per title deed; AED 250 apartment map; AED 250 villa map; AED 225 unified map with Dubai Municipality; AED 100 land plot map outside Dubai Municipality jurisdiction; AED 10 knowledge fee and AED 10 innovation fee per drawing.
- Title deed modification - AED 250 title deed certificate issuance, AED 10 knowledge fee, AED 10 innovation fee.
- Property gift registration - "0.125% of the property valuation with a minimum fee of AED 2,000", AED 10 to AED 250 for certificates and maps, and service partner fees of AED 4,000 + VAT for properties valued at AED 2 million or above, or AED 2,000 + VAT below that.
- Cancelling a power of attorney - published by DLD as a "Free service", stated at 20 minutes, at the main headquarters, needing an electronic copy of the UAE ID of the client and the attorney, or a valid passport for non-resident foreigners.
- Mortgage transfer - 0.25% of the mortgage value for an ordinary mortgage, AED 250 title deed issuance, AED 10 knowledge and AED 10 innovation per drawing, plus service partner fees of AED 4,000 + VAT (or AED 5,000 + VAT for provisional service partners).
- Tenancy contract registration (Ejari) - AED 177.75 in total through the Dubai REST app or website (AED 100 registration, AED 10 knowledge, AED 10 innovation, AED 55 + VAT service partner), or AED 220 at a Real Estate Services Trustee centre (AED 95 + VAT service partners' fees).
What a gift transfer additionally needs
Worth knowing before you assume a gift is the simpler route, because it is the one DLD asks the most of. Alongside the power of attorney where a representative is acting, gift registration requires proof of the relationship between the parties - a marriage certificate or a birth certificate - "translated and attested by UAE embassy and Ministry of Foreign Affairs". UAE citizens are listed as providing a marriage contract or the Family Book, and unregistered corporate parties a company registration.
Two of those requirements have long lead times: an embassy attestation and a certified translation are not same-day errands in most countries. If a gift transfer is your transaction, start with those rather than with the power of attorney.
Where your power of attorney was notarised can matter
Most of this site's advice is that a power of attorney is judged by what it says. Ejari is the exception we have found, and it is worth knowing about: for a tenancy contract registration, DLD distinguishes between a power of attorney issued in Dubai and one issued in another emirate. A Dubai-issued document can be entered by its number without the document itself being attached; one issued in another emirate has to be attached.
It is a small procedural difference rather than a question of validity, and DLD publishes it rather than leaving it to the counter. It is also the clearest published reason not to assume UAE powers of attorney are simply interchangeable between emirates.
Source: Dubai Land Department, Register / Renew Tenancy Contract (Ejari)
What this page is not about
This page is about one authority's published requirements. Deciding which powers your representative should hold - whether they may sell as well as manage, whether a mortgage power belongs in there at all - is a different question, and the Property Power of Attorney page is written for it.
The distinction matters because the two pages fail in different directions. A document that satisfies DLD's document list can still be far wider than you intended; a carefully scoped document can still arrive at a counter that wanted something else named in it.
如何办理
- You tell us the property, who will act for you, and exactly what they may do.
- We prepare the draft and show you the whole document.
- Nothing goes further until you have read it and approved it.
- You sign it before a notary public; your representative takes it to the Land Department.
- Your approved copy stays in your account.
包含什么
- A draft prepared from the details you give us
- The full document to read before you approve it
- Your approved copy kept in your account
不包含什么
- Dubai Land Department fees. DLD publishes AED 250 per title deed, map fees of AED 100 to AED 250 depending on the property, and AED 10 knowledge and AED 10 innovation fees per drawing
- Notary public fees, and any attestation or legalisation charges
- Attending the Land Department on your behalf
本页未说明的内容
- The published DLD figures above are the authority's own and change without notice. Each is dated in our source registry, and DLD's own service page is the version that counts on the day you transact.
- Requirements outside Dubai are published by that emirate's land authority, not by DLD. Nothing here is a statement about Abu Dhabi, Sharjah or any other emirate.
- We can tell you what DLD publishes. Whether a specific power of attorney will be accepted for a specific transaction is decided at the counter, and where that turns on legal effect it is a question for a lawyer.
- The Deedbox does not attend the Land Department for you and does not notarise documents.
常见问题
Does Dubai Land Department accept a power of attorney instead of the owner?
Its title transfer service lists, among the required documents, the UAE ID of the owner "or an official power of attorney from the owner in case it is not present in person". A non-resident owner is also listed as needing a valid passport copy.
What does the Land Department itself charge?
DLD publishes AED 250 for a title deed and AED 100 to AED 250 for the map depending on the property type, plus AED 10 knowledge and AED 10 innovation fees per drawing. Those are the authority's fees, paid to the authority, and they are separate from our professional fee.
Which DLD transactions actually name a power of attorney?
Three that DLD publishes. Title transfer lists the owner's UAE ID "or an official power of attorney from the owner in case it is not present in person". Title Deed Modification lists a "Copy of the Emirates ID of the owner, or a legal Power of Attorney if the owner is not attending in person". Property Gift Registration states that "A Legal Power of Attorney is required if someone is acting on behalf of the parties". Each is published at 25 minutes, at the main branch or a Real Estate Trustees centre.
What does a gift transfer cost at DLD?
DLD publishes "0.125% of the property valuation with a minimum fee of AED 2,000", plus AED 10 to AED 250 for certificates and maps, and service partner fees of AED 4,000 + VAT for properties at or above AED 2 million, or AED 2,000 + VAT below that. Those are the authority's and the trustee's fees, separate from our professional fee. A gift registration also needs proof of relationship - a marriage or birth certificate, translated and attested by the UAE embassy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
How long does the transfer take at the counter?
DLD states 25 minutes for the title transfer application at its main headquarters. That is the counter transaction - it is not the time to prepare, sign and notarise the power of attorney beforehand.