Dubai RERA Property Registration & Ownership question: freehold title to a warehouse plot in Umm Ramool

Dubai RERAProperty Registration & Ownership

A Dubai LLC owned 51% by an Emirati and 49% by a British investor wants freehold title to a warehouse plot in Umm Ramool, outside the areas designated for non-UAE nationals. May it register the plot in its name?

A No; outside the designated areas only individual UAE nationals may own real property
B Yes, but as leasehold for up to 99 years rather than as freehold ownership
C No; the company is neither wholly UAE- or GCC-owned nor a public joint stock company
D Yes; a UAE national holds a majority of the shares, which is enough

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Answer: C. No; the company is neither wholly UAE- or GCC-owned nor a public joint stock company

Article 4 of Law No. 7 of 2006 (in force 12 Oct 2026) limits ownership outside the designated areas to UAE nationals, GCC nationals, companies fully owned by them, and public joint stock companies. A 49% foreign stake means the LLC is not fully owned by UAE or GCC nationals, and it is not a public joint stock company. A UAE majority is not enough; the law says fully owned. The 99-year leasehold is a right the Ruler may grant to non-UAE nationals inside designated areas only, and the statement that only individual UAE nationals may own ignores GCC nationals and qualifying companies. Source: Law No. (7) of 2006, Art. 4 (in force 12 Oct 2026).

Common mistake

Treating a UAE majority shareholding as enough, when Article 4 requires the company to be fully owned by UAE or GCC nationals.

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