Article 3 of Real Estate Registration Law

The Real Estate Registration Department shall have competence to register instruments attached to real property. For that purpose, it shall undertake the following: 1- Inspecting, surveying and delimiting real properties, preparing their drawings and calculating their areas. 2- Drawing up contracts. 3- Entering instruments in the books designated for that purpose. 4- Authenticating the signatures of the parties concerned on the instruments whose registration is requested. 5- Endorsing instruments to indicate their final registration. 6- Making photographic copies of instruments whose registration is requested. 7- Retaining the originals of instruments after completing their photographic reproduction and furnishing the competent authorities with copies thereof. 8- Preparing indexes of instruments that have been registered. 9- Providing written copies of instruments, as well as real estate certificates and certificates confirming authentication of signatures. 10- Authorizing the parties concerned to inspect the instruments and registers that they have an interest in inspecting (visual inspection).