Mortgage Registration Bahrain : Survey & Land Bureau

Organization : Survey & Land Registration Bureau
Facility : Mortgage Registration
Country : Bahrain

Website : https://www.slrb.gov.bh/informationcenter/details/?PageId=125&ChnlId=54&PageId2=59&ChnlId2=27

Mortgage Registration :

Mortgage Transaction (Commercial or Residential)
Required documents :
** Original property title deed.

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** Original Mortgage contract (approved by notarization office).
** The bank’s representation letter.

** When there is a power of attorney for seller or buyer, a maximum of two authorized contract is required (According to the Minister of Justice and Islamic Affairs law No. 15/2000).

If the power of attorney was issued out of the Kingdom of Bahrain it should be stamped and approved from the Ministry of Foreign affairs and concerned embassy.

** If it is a company, a copy of the Memorandum of Association of the company and the Commercial Registration are required.

Transaction fees :
** 5 dinar fixed fees (housing pledge) and 6 dinar fees (commercial pledge) are paid for every transaction.
** Land registration form costs one dinar for every transaction.

Registration prohibitions :
** A request from the Ministry of justice and Islamic Affairs courts to block any transaction for the property.
** Submitting the notarized contract one year after its notarization date.

** Request from the minister of Municipality and agriculture affairs to possess the property before registration.
Note : During the receipt of the request if there is a need for more documents than that is mentioned, you will need to bring them.

Registering A Recompensed Property
** Compensating Registration Transaction

Required documents :
** Original property title deed.

** Letter issued by the Urban and Rural Planning Directorate (Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture) on property appropriation or compensating owner with another property. It should be declared officially in the o newspaper.

** Original copy of appropriated or compensated property map.
** Approval from the Royal Bureau for appropriation or compensation.
** Copy of owner valid passport or ID card.
** If the property is a company, a copy of its establishment agreement or C.R is required.

** When there is a power of attorney, a maximum of two authorized contract is required (According to the Minister of Justice and Islamic Affairs law No. 15/2000). If the power of attorney was issued out of the Kingdom of Bahrain it should be stamped and approved from the Ministry of Foreign affairs and concerned embassy.

Transaction fees :
** 5 dinar fixed fees.
** Land registration form costs one dinar for every transaction.

Registration prohibitions :
** Submitting the notarized contract one year after its notarization date.
** Request from the minister of Municipality and agriculture affairs to possess the property before registration.
** The bank’s approval letter is required if there is a pledge.

Note :
** During the receipt of the request if there is a need for more documents than that is mentioned, you will need to bring them.

About Us :
The Survey and Land Registration Bureau is the governmental body in charge of land, aerial, and hydrographic survey services, and the registration of real estate properties in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Established in 1920 as the “Topo Directorate” – “Topo” believed to be short for Topography, the name remained official until the 2nd of April, 1967, when the directorate became the “Land Registration Directorate”.

Contact Us :
Survey & Land Registration Bureau,
Building 517, Road 1010,
Manama 410, Capital Governorate,
Kingdom of Bahrain
P. O. Box: 332