Ownership & law
Tawtheeq
Tawtheeq is Abu Dhabi's official system for registering and attesting tenancy contracts, making a lease legally recognised.
Tawtheeq is the Abu Dhabi tenancy-registration platform through which residential and commercial lease agreements are recorded and authenticated, giving them legal standing in the emirate. Registration is typically required for services such as connecting utilities and processing residency-related paperwork, and it helps formalise the landlord-tenant relationship. It is Abu Dhabi's equivalent function to Dubai's Ejari system, but the two are separate; in Abu Dhabi the relevant system is Tawtheeq under ADREC.
Related terms
- ADREC (Abu Dhabi Real Estate Centre) — ADREC is Abu Dhabi's real-estate regulator, overseeing property registration, brokerage licensing, and the emirate's official transaction data.
- Service Charge — A service charge is the recurring fee owners pay for the upkeep of shared areas and facilities in a building or community.
- Rental Index — A rental index is an official reference of typical market rents by area and property type, used to guide fair rent and renewal increases.