Determining Registration Fees and Real Estate Transfer Fees

Type

Decree-Law

Number

20

Date of the text

18/12/1939

Official Gazette

published in 1940

Status today

Repealed in part as of 27/08/2026

Articles

8

What it provides

This legislative decree sets registration and real estate transfer fees according to two attached schedules, defines what counts as a built property, and calculates transfer fees on the basis of rental value. It also lets heirs pay inheritance transfer fees in installments.

What has changed this text

• Amended by Decree-Law No. 148/1959 of 12/06/1959, articles 1, 2
• Partly repealed by Decree-Law No. 148/1959 of 12/06/1959, articles 2
• Amended by Law No. 173/2000 of 14/02/2000
• Partly repealed by Law No. 173/2000 of 14/02/2000
• Amended by Law No. 10/2022 of 15/11/2022
• Partly repealed by Law in force by operation of law No. 10/2022 of 15/11/2022, articles 3
• Amended by Decree-Law No. 55/1940 of 26/06/1940, articles 5

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1940. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.