Most of the owners we work with never set foot in a government office to sell their Dubai property. The transaction itself is completed at a DLD Trustee Centre by the attorney you appoint — your job from abroad is to get a correctly worded Power of Attorney into their hands. This checklist walks through what that takes, in the order it actually happens.
1. Confirm the right type of POA
A sale is a high-stakes act, so it calls for a Special POA that names the property and uses transaction-specific wording — not a broad, all-purpose document. Getting this wrong is the single most common reason a POA is turned away at the counter.
⚠ Confirm:Dubai generally requires a Special POA worded for the sale of a named property; a General POA is accepted only in limited cases such as an immediate-family agent. Confirm the current rule for your transaction before relying on it.
2. Choose your signing route
There are two ways to get a valid POA without flying in. We prepare and translate the document for either one, and manage the Dubai side throughout:
- Remote notarization by video — where the law permits, a licensed Dubai Notary Public verifies your identity on a secure call and the POA is issued electronically with a verifiable QR code.
- Home-country legalization — your local notary, then your country's foreign ministry, then the UAE embassy, then MOFA in Dubai, then a certified Arabic translation.
3. Prepare your documents
We will tell you the exact list for your case, but an overseas seller typically prepares a passport copy, the property title deed (or its electronic confirmation), and the passport and UAE ID of the attorney they appoint.
4. Open a UAE account in your own name
This is the step overseas sellers most often miss. Under current DLD practice the buyer's manager's cheque must be made out to the title-deed owner — you — not to your attorney. So you generally need a UAE bank account in your own name before the transaction can settle.
⚠ Confirm:Sale-proceeds rules (cheque in the owner's exact name; no third-party fund receipts) follow current DLD circulars. Confirm the present requirement and whether a non-resident account is needed before you transact.
5. Approve, then we complete the Dubai side
Nothing is signed until you have read the full draft and approved it — we revise the wording until it is right. Once notarized and translated, your appointed attorney presents it at the Trustee Centre with the developer e-NOC, the signed MOU and the cheque to complete the transfer. We prepare the POA so it fits that process the first time.
This guide is general information, not legal advice. We prepare and manage your POA; a licensed Dubai Notary Public notarizes it; you appoint the attorney you trust. We are a specialist documents service, not a law firm.
