Refund of real estate registration fees if the application is rejected

Wael Salam 14 Jun 2022

Based on the directives of Counselor Omar Marwan, Minister of Justice, Financial Circular No. 1 of 2022, the Real Estate Registration and Documentation Authority issued a decision regarding the possibility of Refunding fees and expenses for registering real estate in the real estate month in the event of non-registration or rejection of the submitted application.
 
The publication, which was approved by Dr. Jamal Yaqout, head of the Real Estate Registration and Documentation Department, included that on the occasion of the issuance of Law No. 9 of 2022 amending the Real Estate Registration Law, Minister of Justice Resolution No. 23354 of 2022 was issued, which included submitting the registration request to the competent real estate registry on forms and obtaining an amount 100 pounds in return for the cost of the form, and the decision also included 5 forms with specified fees and administrative expenses to be paid under settlement, and their value is 3900 pounds.
 
Article 204 of the fees instructions 2001 edition stipulated that the person concerned may be refunded the documentation and month fees stipulated in Article 24 of the Notary and Publicity Fees Law, and accordingly it was decided
 

First, about refunding fees

 
1- Refund of fees shall be in a manner that does not conflict with the provisions of the new real estate registration law
 
2- The competent Tax Office shall present a memorandum of its opinion regarding the fee refund request to the competent financial department in the real estate registry office to which the Tax Office is affiliated. The Financial Department presents the matter to the office secretary to decide on the refund request.
 
3- The accounting units shall take charge of their affairs in implementing the refund of fees
 

Second, administrative expenses

 
1- In the event that the application is not registered in the order, the administrative expenses shall be refunded in full
 
2- The settlement of administrative expenses in case the application is registered with the competent Tax Office, either by refunding the excess expenses or by requesting supplementary administrative expenses during the period of examination of the application
 
3- In reimbursing administrative expenses, the following procedures shall be followed in the first clause