Justice sets requirements to prove ownership of real estate and land

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The Ministry of Justice has specified that 13 government agencies must approve the applications of the title deeds before approving them, while prohibiting the approval of title deeds for lands inside the Holy Sites, and prohibiting even obtaining copies of the deeds inside the Sites without the approval of the Supreme Court, while a lawyer commented on the new system that it has dropped the right of limitation, so everyone has the right to file a lawsuit at any time, stressing that sale documents are included in this system.

An article in the regulation for the implementation of the new procedural system specified that the court shall not start the procedures for the Deeds of Settlement (proof of ownership of a property) until after the court writes to the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance, and the Ministry of Finance, and for those outside the approved urban area, it writes to the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of National Guard, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Water and Electricity, General Authority for Tourism and Antiquities, Saudi Wildlife Authority, and Ministry of Interior representatives of Border Guard for coastal properties and real estate properties, as well as the Ministry of Interior. The regulation prohibits writing to the Ministry of Agriculture if the property is within the urban area, even if the property is agricultural, while noting that if a department responds by approving part of the area and is silent about the rest, it is considered to object to what it is silent about.
The court must request publication of the application in one of the newspapers published in the area of the property, and if no newspapers are published in the area, the court must request publication in one of the most widely circulated newspapers.
The court must write to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, and if it has already been revitalized, the department will consider his request in accordance with the legal requirements without submitting it.
If the competent governmental authority removes rubble on a land, on the pretext that the rubble was placed without right, and the construction is not old, the termination of the application for a title deed shall not be heard until a suit is filed against the removing authority. It is not permissible to issue title deeds for the lands and buildings of the Holy Sites, and if there is a pleading in any of this based on a document, the court must submit it to the Supreme Court, and in addition to the prohibition of the protection of the Sites, if anyone applies to the court or notary public to request a photograph of the property inside the Sites, a photograph will be obtained and submitted certified to the Supreme Court, and if a dispute occurs inside a property in the Sites, it will be submitted to the Supreme Court.

If a competent authority requests proof of ownership of a building on land in the Sites to compensate its owner, the court will prove this to the owner of the building in a temporary ownership document, and the document will be sent to the competent authority, and upon receipt of compensation, it will be marginalized on the document or deed.