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Joint Property Ownership UAE

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Joint property ownership UAE rules: understand co-owner decisions, registered shares, partition and costs before a dispute.

United Arab EmiratesReal Estate and Construction
Faris Raian
Faris Raian

Joint property ownership UAE arrangements are governed by the co-ownership chapter of the Civil Transactions Law, together with the registration rules of the emirate where the property sits. Under it:

  • a co-owner can dispose of his own share alone;
  • a majority of owners can run the property;
  • and some decisions need a three-quarters majority or the court.

Read the Civil Transactions Law on the UAE legislation portal.

The chapter applies only to the extent it does not conflict with special legislation on co-ownership (Article 1050). For apartments, villas in master communities and shared parts of a building in Dubai, Law No. 6 of 2019 can also apply.

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