Organization : Survey and Land Registration Bureau
Facility : Status Change Registration
Country : Bahrain
Website : https://www.slrb.gov.bh/informationcenter/details/?PageId=831&ChnlId=54&PageId2=832&ChnlId2=27
Status Change Registration :
Required documents :
** Original property title deed.
** Original letter of the urban planning from the Urban Planning Directorate (Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture).
Related : Endowment Registration Bahrain Survey and Land Registration Bureau : www.statusin.org/27323.html
** Original copy of the master planning map approved by the Planning Directorate (Municipality). According to previous situation
** Approval from the Royal Court to change property status.
** Copy of all owners’ valid passport or ID card
** Copy of its establishment agreement and C.R is required
** 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
** Legal notification issued and approved by the owner to change status
Transaction fees :
** 5 dinar fixed fees 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
** The bank’s approval letter in case of 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.
Subdivision Registration :
** Real Estate Planning Scheme (subdivision) Registration Transaction
Required documents :
** Original property title deed.
** Approval from the Planning Directorate (Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Agriculture
** Copy of the master plan approved by the Planning Directorate
** Notarized waiver endorsement of the withhold properties for the public use and streets
** Copy of all owners’ valid passport or ID card
** Copy of its establishment agreement and C.R is required
** 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
Transaction fees :
** 5 dinar fixed fees 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
** The bank’s approval letter in case of 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”.
On the 14th of October, 2002, HM King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, Bahrain’s Monarch, issued Royal Decree No. 39 for the year 2002, authorizing the reorganization of the directorate to become the “Land Registration Bureau”