To: all Developers
Subject: Transfer of government fee
In the pursuit of Dubai Land Department to control the Real Estate registry in the Emirate of Dubai so that it reflect all actions which lies on the real estate units to achieve the protection of the rights of all parties, the Land Department extend its greeting to all those adhere to relevant real estate laws.
The department emphasizes on fulfilment of the obligations of all the developers who have collected any government fees on behalf of the Land Department to transfer it immediately to the land department as it is deemed public funds.
For the implementation of Decision No. 30 of 2013 on the fees of real estate transactions, all developers are required to transfer the public funds immediately when collected, and in the case of delay in the transfer, this is considered as evasion of the government fees as stated in paragraph (3) of Article 5 of the Decision.
Accordingly, in the event that any party or developer or broker has collected any fee related to Real Estate transaction before the application date 10.06.2013 and has not duly transferred it to DLD, the new fee w...