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No, the property owner is responsible for the maintenance of the boundary signs after signing the receipt form. In the event that the border signs are lost, the property owner must use the private sector companies to carry out survey operations and install the border signs
Yes, there are some impediments that may hinder the registration process, such as: the presence of a reservation letter or placing a registration sign on the registration by the courts, noting in the registry that a lawsuit related to a real right on the property is filed, submitting the documented contract after one year has passed since its documentation, or the issuance of a decision by Minister of Works and Housing to expropriate the property prior to registration. For more details, please see the registration procedures guide in the information center on this site
The Bahraini Civil Code permitted the ownership of real estate with a system of strata and divided apartments. Ownership of strata and apartments is a type of ownership that combines segregated ownership and common ownership. The owner of the class or apartment owns the class or apartment as segregated ownership, and ownership of the apartment or class is part of it. A detachment defined by borders to be agreed upon and attached to the floor or apartment a common share in common parts among all the owners of the floors and apartments such as the land on which the building is built, stairs, roofs, foundations, ceilings, entrances, internal corridors, and other parts. The criterion of separation. Between segregated ownership and common ownership is the use, so all the parts whose use is restricted to the owner alone and without anyone else are owned by segregated and all the parts whose use is shared between the owner of the floor or the apartment and the rest of the owners are common ownership among all of them and it is The share of each owner in these common or common parts is proportional to the value of the part that he owns divided, and the value of this part is estimated on the basis of its area and location at the time of building the property.
Joint ownership arises by inheritance, and if the testator dies, his legacy is common among the heirs, and it also arises by agreement, as if more than one person agrees to buy a common property between them. A judicial proceeding conducted by the court if the partners did not agree on the division and one or all of them resorted to the court. Joint ownership also ends with disposition as well, such as selling or giving all the partners their shares to a purchaser or gifted one.
Yes, non-Bahrainis have the right to buy and own lands and real estate in the Kingdom of Bahrain in accordance with the provisions of Decree-Law No. (2) of 2001 in the areas specified by Cabinet Resolution No. (5) of 2001 and Resolution No. (43) of 2003.
Lands classified as projects of a special nature (SP) have not been restricted by certain building requirements in order to open the way for the private sector to submit proposals for projects, provided that each project is studied separately and decided upon by the “Projects Study Committee of a Special Nature”
Work is carried out by the authority on unplanned areas gradually and according to what is required by re-planning from a technical point of view and its connection with several criteria that must be taken into account in coordination with the relevant government service agencies, and this requires many procedures and preparations that take some time in order to prepare for planning.