Power of Attorney for Property
Under Article 898 of the UAE Civil Transactions Law, the principal may dismiss or restrict the agent whenever he wishes, unless a third party’s right is attached to the agency or it was issued for the agent’s benefit. Under Article 144 of the Civil Transactions Law, a contract the former agent concludes with someone who, like the agent, does not know the agency has ended still takes effect against the principal. A revocation nobody knows about is therefore not protecting you.
For a property Power of Attorney registered against a property at the Dubai Land Department, revocation is a two-step procedure.
The first step is Notary-side revocation. The principal returns to the issuing notary — Dubai Courts, Ministry of Justice, or Private Notary — and executes a revocation instrument. The notary’s record is updated to show that the original POA is cancelled.
The second step is DLD-side filing. The revocation is filed with the Dubai Land Department to remove the POA from the property record. Without this step, the property record continues to reflect the agent’s authority even though the POA itself has been cancelled.
The two registers serve different functions. The notary register records the document’s status as a notarial public record — whether it exists, and whether it has been revoked. The DLD register controls what authority is recognised against the specific property. A revocation visible at the notary register is not automatically visible to the DLD; the principal must complete the filing for the property record to reflect the new position.
Until both steps are complete, an agent presenting the original POA at a Real Estate Registration Centre may still appear on the system as authorised to act.
Tell the agent, formally and provably. Notice should also be given to any counterparty to whom the POA has been presented — a developer, a bank holding a mortgage, or a broker handling a transaction. A contract concluded while both the agent and the counterparty are unaware of the revocation still binds the principal (Civil Transactions Law, Article 144). Documentation of notice should be retained.
For canonical full treatment of revocation procedure, including notification doctrine and revocation from abroad, see poacancellation.ae. For execution support, see poas.ae.
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