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Dubai Gift Transfer Checker

Transferring a Dubai property to family: who qualifies for the 0.125% gift (hiba) rate, what a sale at 4% would cost instead, and the paperwork for your situation.

Gift or sale? The route and the fee

Five quick questions, about a minute. At the end: which route your transfer takes, the DLD fee, what you save, and exactly what to bring to the trustee centre.

Question 1 of 5

Who is the property going to?

This one question decides the fee. DLD gives its 0.125% gift rate to first-degree relatives only. Everyone else pays 4%, the same as a sale. Tap the one that fits.

Son or daughter: qualifies for the gift route. Next, the unit itself.
General information, not legal advice. Rates: DLD Property Gift Registration service (0.125%, minimum AED 2,000) and Executive Council Resolution No. 30 of 2013 (4%). Confirm every fee with DLD at the time of transfer.
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Get a gift transfer cost estimate for your unit

The DLD fee at your unit's likely valuation, the fixed fees, the document list for your relationship, and whether a mortgage or off-plan status changes the route.

How the rules work

Dubai Land Department registers a transfer between first-degree relatives as a gift at 0.125% of its valuation, minimum AED 2,000, against the 4% a sale pays. First degree means parents, children and spouses, and a company the owner holds. Everyone else, siblings and grandparents included, transfers at 4%. The unit must hold a title deed, no money can change hands, and a mortgage needs the bank’s consent.

The full guide covers the document checklist, attestation for foreign certificates, mortgaged and off-plan units, part shares, powers of attorney, transfers to a company, the risks, and the Abu Dhabi route: Transferring Dubai property to a family member: the 0.125% gift transfer guide.

Danny Anderson is licensed in Dubai and Abu Dhabi and works in English or Spanish. For a direct answer on your unit, WhatsApp him on +971 58 507 9764.

This tool is general information, not legal advice. Fees are set by DLD and should be confirmed with DLD at the time of transfer.

Common questions

Who can receive a Dubai property as a gift at 0.125%?

First-degree relatives in DLD’s terms: a spouse, a child or a parent, and a company the owner holds. Siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, step-relations and in-laws are not first degree and pay the 4% sale fee.

What is the minimum gift transfer fee?

AED 2,000. Below AED 1.6 million the 0.125% works out under that, so the minimum applies.

Is the fee charged on the price we agree in the family?

No. DLD charges on its own valuation of the unit. No money changes hands on a gift, so there is no price; the valuation is the base.

Can I gift a mortgaged property?

Only with the bank’s written no-objection. The bank decides whether the loan moves into the recipient’s name or is settled first, and the mortgage is re-registered at the transfer.

Can I gift an off-plan unit I am still paying for?

Not through DLD’s gift route. An off-plan unit sits on the interim register and moves through the developer’s transfer process and fee. Once the title deed issues, the 0.125% gift is available.

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