8
Articles
2
Chapters
RERA
Issuing authority
2019
Effective since
AI
Cited answers from article text
Law No. 4 of 2019 is one of the rulebooks issued by the Real Estate Regulatory Authority — Dubai. For compliance officers, legal teams, and advisors working under this regime, finding the right article quickly matters. Lexara indexes the full text of RERA Establishment Law and makes it searchable two ways: full-text and keyword search for rapid lookup, and AI Explorer for natural-language questions answered with citations to the exact article.
8 articles in 2 chapters, each with a plain-English summary by Arakan. The full text of every article is in the Laws Browser.
Article 5(1)
RERA regulates, audits, and monitors Escrow Accounts for Real Property Development, and approves the banking and financial institutions qualified to manage these accounts.
Article 5(3)
RERA regulates and licenses Real Property Activities (development, sale, leasing, brokerage, valuation, jointly-owned property management, and other real property activities), and audits/monitors persons conducting these activities for compliance with real property sector legislation.
Article 5(4), 5(9)
RERA regulates, audits, and inspects the accounts related to managing and operating Jointly Owned Real Property, Common Parts, and Common Facilities to ensure their sustainability.
Article 5(7)
RERA registers persons conducting Real Property Activities in its relevant registers and issues identification cards for individuals engaged in Real Property Activities.
Article 5(8)
RERA considers and investigates complaints filed against persons conducting Real Property Activities and takes necessary actions and decisions in respect thereof.
Article 5(10)
RERA approves Real Property Development Projects in the Emirate and monitors their percentage of completion, issuing relevant resolutions and recommendations.
Article 5(11)
RERA must approve the content of Real Property advertisements in the Emirate (including in Special Development Zones and free zones such as the DIFC) before they are published, and monitors/censors such content on an ongoing basis.
Article 10(a)-(b)
This Law superseded Law No. 16 of 2007 (the original RERA establishment law); the DLD succeeded RERA in exercising functions related to registration of Lease Contracts and regulation of the Landlord-Tenant relationship, and other Lease Contract-related functions.
RERA Establishment Law's 15 indexed articles break down by obligation type as follows.
Legal / Compliance — 4 articles
HR / Compliance — 2 articles
Marketing / Compliance — 2 articles
Finance / Legal — 2 articles
Property Management / Finance — 2 articles
Development / Legal — 2 articles
RERA Establishment Law spans the following regulatory topics, as tagged by Lexara.
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real estate
regulatory
establishment
licensing
dubai
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What is Law No. 4 of 2019?
Law No. 4 of 2019 is issued by the Real Estate Regulatory Authority — Dubai and has applied since 1 January 2019. It has 8 articles across 2 chapters.
What does RERA Establishment Law cover?
It is organised into: Functions of RERA; Supersession and Repeals.
Who issues RERA Establishment Law?
The Real Estate Regulatory Authority — Dubai. Always check the authority's official publication for the binding text.
Can I search RERA Establishment Law and ask questions about it?
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