Property processes in Jordan

Buying

Register the sale at the Department of Lands and Survey. Fees are on the payment order the department sends.

• Register a sale The electronic sale request at the Department of Lands and Survey.
• Buying costs calculator A calculator. Confirm the amount on the payment order.
• Transfer fees How registration fees are described. No new rate is printed here.
• Ownership by non-Jordanians The existing guide on approval to own.
• Tax on a property sale The existing guide. This library does not add a rate.
• Request a valuation Ask for a valuation visit.

Selling

The buyer and the seller file the sale with the department. A sale agreed only with a lawyer, outside the department, is not how ownership is registered.

• Register a sale The electronic sale request at the Department of Lands and Survey.
• Transfer fees How registration fees are described. No new rate is printed here.
• Buildings and land tax (musaqafat) What the tax is, and how to check it.
• Promise of sale form A form you fill in. It does not register the sale.
• Help while you sell or rent out Photography, painting and the other selling services.

Building

In Amman, building permits and occupancy permits are filed with Greater Amman Municipality. Outside Amman, ask the municipality of the area.

• Apply for a building permit The Amman building-permit form and the occupancy-permit form.
• Check a building permit How to check a permit when you buy. Applying is a separate page.
• Land zoning classes What the zoning classes mean.
• Area unit converter Dunum, square metre and the other units.
• Lands and Survey services Links to the department’s own e-services.

Renting

Lease forms, stamp duty, the deposit, handover and eviction already have their own pages. This library links them.

• Register a lease in Amman Registering a lease with the municipality.
• Lease registration and stamp duty The existing guide to lease stamp duty.
• Lease form Fill in a lease form.
• Handover checklist A checklist for handing the property over.
• Rental deposit The rental deposit guide.
• Eviction notice The eviction guide.
• Ending a lease early Ending a lease before the end date.
• Moving in Movers and the move-in services.

Inheriting

The department’s FAQ says a clearance from the planning authority is required for registration, except consensual or judicial partition and an inheritance transfer of a property in Greater Amman Municipality, unless the heirs sign a waiver (تخارج).

• Register a sale The electronic sale request at the Department of Lands and Survey.
• DLS frequently asked questions

The pages we checked do not publish the court steps for an inheritance certificate (حصر إرث). Ask the department, and the sharia court, which papers they want.

Solar panels

Net metering and the other connection methods are set by the Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission. You apply through your distribution company.

• Connect solar panels Net metering and the other connection methods, and where to apply.
• Solar and water-tank businesses Businesses listed on Hagzi. This is not the Commission’s licence register.
• Fixing or improving Maintenance, solar businesses and the other fixing services.

Emergencies

Who to call for a fire, a collapse, a gas smell, or the municipality.

• Who to call Fire, collapse, gas, ambulance, and the Amman municipality line.
• Electricity, water and internet Company pages, meter transfer and utility emergency lines are on that guide.

Ask the office

These are real procedures, and the public pages checked on 31 Oct 2026 did not print a document list we could repeat: replacing a title deed, a site plan, an ownership certificate, registering or releasing a mortgage, a gift, partition, and registering an apartment. File them on the department’s portal or at the registration directorate.

• DLS e-services portal
• Department of Lands and Survey
• Greater Amman Municipality call centre
• Pay buildings and land tax in Amman (Sanad)

A building violation or a fence is a municipality matter: call 102 in Amman. A sewer overflow from the street network is a utility matter: see the emergencies page. A power of attorney for a land transaction comes from a notary; the department’s FAQ says an agent needs one.