Ownership of Immovable Property in Lebanon and Syria by Legal Persons

Type

Decision

Number

2547

Date of the text

07/04/1924

Official Gazette

published in 1924

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

8

What it provides

This decision specifies which legal persons, such as states, municipalities, religious communities, foreign and local companies and associations, may buy, own and dispose of immovable property in Lebanon and Syria, both inside and outside towns and villages. It also gives village residents and neighbouring landowners a

What has changed this text

• Amended by High Commissioner Decision No. 3243/1930 of 07/08/1930, articles 2
• Amended by Law/1928 of 16/02/1928, articles 4, 5

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1924. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.