Title extract (ifadeh 3aqariyyeh)
An extract from the Land Registry showing ownership and any registered charges. The single most useful document in almost any file.
Documents Required
Not every file needs the same documents. This is a reference list, not a precondition.
The terms
A note on Lebanese property documents
If you have not dealt with Lebanese property paperwork before, three terms come up constantly:
Property number and cadastral zone (raqam al-3aqar / mantiqa 3aqariyyeh)
Lebanese property is identified by these, not by street address. Together they are the property's formal identity.
Inheritance certificate (hasr irth)
The official document establishing who the heirs are.
5 documents
Core documents for any file
A reference list, not a precondition. Send what you have; what is missing is identified at review.
A recent title extract
Where available — showing ownership and registered charges.
Proof of ownership
Whatever establishes the owner's standing in the property, an older document included.
Property number and cadastral zone
The most important single piece of information for identifying the property formally. A town or street name alone will not do it.
Cadastral map or area statement
To establish boundaries, area, shape and the relationship to the surrounding roads.
Details of who is instructing
Who is instructing, in what capacity, and which body will read the report.
5 documents
For apartments and buildings
Floor plan or area statement, where available
To establish boundaries, area, shape and the relationship to the surrounding roads.
Details of parking space, storage and ancillary rights
Details of parking, storage and the rights ancillary to the unit.
Building permit or construction documents where relevant
The building permit or its equivalent, establishing the legal standing of what is built.
The lease, if the property is let
The lease and the income details, where the property is let.
The co-ownership regulations, where they exist
4 documents
For land
Cadastral map
To establish boundaries, area, shape and the relationship to the surrounding roads.
Planning information and development ratios
Details of roads, rights of way and easements
The surrounding roads, rights of way, and any easement registered against the property.
Documents for any existing structure on the plot
6 documents
For inheritance
The inheritance certificate, once issued
The official document establishing who the heirs are and their shares.
The death certificate
The heirs' details
The heirs' names, standing and residence, and who acts for whom.
Title extracts for the estate properties
An extract from the Land Registry showing ownership and any registered charges.
Older ownership documents where title stands in an earlier generation's name
Whatever establishes the owner's standing in the property, an older document included.
Powers of attorney, where one heir acts for others
5 documents
For court
The decision appointing the expert, or the text of the mission
The appointment decision or the text of the mission, which sets the scope and limits of the expertise.
Case number and the court concerned
The case number and the court concerned, with any earlier expert report in the file.
The parties' relevant documents
Deadlines and procedural directions
The deadlines and procedural directions the file has to keep to.
Any earlier expert report in the file
5 documents
For a bank
The instruction letter or the bank's template, if any
The instruction letter or the lender's template, with its own requirements.
The institution's specific requirements
Ownership documents
Whatever establishes the owner's standing in the property, an older document included.
Income data relating to the property, if requested
Income data attaching to the property, where income forms part of the value.
Registered charges and mortgages
Charges and mortgages registered against the property.
5 documents
For companies
A schedule of the assets to be valued
Ownership documents for the assets
Whatever establishes the owner's standing in the property, an older document included.
Leases
The lease and the income details, where the property is let.
Income data where it attaches to the asset
Income data attaching to the property, where income forms part of the value.
The auditor's or requesting party's requirements
Send what you have.
Identifying what is missing is part of the initial review, not a precondition for it. Many files — inheritance files especially, and properties whose paperwork has not been touched in years — begin with partial information and fill in as they go.
The one detail that genuinely shortens the path is the property number and its cadastral zone. If you have it, send it even if you have nothing else.
Tell me the property, the region and why the value is needed.
The file is reviewed first: documents required, scope of work, expected timeframe. No fee is quoted before that.