How Dubai Land Department fees are built

Almost every Dubai Land Department (DLD) service fee has the same parts. First the DLD fee for the service itself, for example AED 50 for a To Whom It May Concern letter, AED 250 for issuing a title deed or AED 4,000 for valuing an apartment. Then two small fixed fees: a knowledge fee of AED 10 and an innovation fee of AED 10; for maps and title deeds these are charged per drawing or per document. If the request is made at a Real Estate Services Trustee centre, the centre also charges a service-partner fee set by DLD (for example AED 50 for a letter, AED 80 for a separation request, AED 130 for a property-data amendment, AED 180 to AED 530 for valuations) plus 5% VAT on that partner fee only. The same service in the Dubai REST app or on the DLD website usually costs less because no partner fee applies, but the owner must sign in with their own account (UAE PASS), so it suits owners who can do it themselves. Some services are only at the DLD main building, such as splitting ownership between co-owners. Payments are by card, cash, or the ePay system. Fees are published on each service page at dubailand.gov.ae and change from time to time, so the centre checks the current figure before quoting. Percentage fees (such as 4% on sales or 1% on partners' division) are calculated on the registered or valued price.