Dubai REST App: How to Check Title Deeds, Project Status and Ejari

Dubai REST is the Dubai Land Department (DLD) smart app for property services in Dubai. Owners, tenants and buyers use it to register, renew or cancel an Ejari tenancy contract, verify a title deed, check an off-plan project's completion percentage and request certificates. It is listed as free on the App Store and is also on Google Play.

What is the Dubai REST app?

Dubai REST is DLD's own app for its public services. DLD's Dubai REST page calls it "the smart real estate platform for real estate services" for property owners, tenants, real estate brokers, developers, real estate valuators and investors.

According to that page, the app does four broad jobs:

• Property wallet. Owners see their properties in a real estate wallet with current prices, rental return and service charges.
• Leases. Owners and tenants manage leases (registration, renewal and cancellation) and can submit and follow rental dispute cases.
• Off-plan projects. Buyers see the percentage of completion, actual pictures of the project, the escrow account number and payments due.
• Market information. The app carries the rental index, the sale index and the service charges index.

Payments inside the app go through the Noqodi electronic payment portal, and DLD's call support number is 8004488.

How do you download Dubai REST and log in?

DLD's frequently asked questions say the app can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play by searching for Dubai REST on iOS or Android devices.

Detail	App Store (Apple)	Google Play
Publisher shown	Dubai Land Department	Dubai Land Department, with Emirates Real Estate Solutions named as developer
Price	Free	Not stated on the page we saved
Latest update shown	Version 7.3.1, 22 hours before our check	Updated on Nov 6, 2026

Two points on the Dubai REST login are worth knowing before you start:

1. Sign-in methods. The DLD FAQ says the app can be accessed through "the Emirates ID card number, title deed, phone number, or even the Emirates permit". First-time users choose a sign-in method and receive an OTP (one-time password) on their mobile phone.
2. UAE PASS. The App Store version history for version 6.13.2, dated 16/12/2025, states that app login "has been restricted to UAE Pass and Title Deed login options for foreign investors". The two do not agree, and the FAQ carries no date, so go by the options on the app's own login screen.

We did not log in to the app for this guide. Every step below is DLD's published procedure, quoted from its pages, and none of it was tested on screen.

If you searched for "Dubai REST online", DLD lists its own website as a second channel for most of the services below.

What can you do in Dubai REST, and what does it cost?

For the eight services in the table below, DLD's listed fees through the app run from nothing to AED 4,000 plus knowledge and innovation fees. The figures come from each service's page in the DLD services catalogue, read on 10 November 2026.

Task	Fee through the app	Completion time stated by DLD
Register or renew a tenancy contract (Ejari)	AED 177.75 total	Not stated for the app
Cancel a tenancy contract	Free of charge	Not stated for the app
Verify a title deed	No fee section on the service page	Immediate
Project status enquiry	No fee section on the service page	Immediate
Unit map for an apartment or villa	AED 250, plus AED 10 knowledge fee and AED 10 innovation fee for each drawing	12 minutes
To Whom It May Concern certificate	AED 50 for each letter, plus AED 10 knowledge fee and AED 10 innovation fee	Instant
Detailed property report	AED 50 for each letter, plus AED 10 knowledge fee and AED 10 innovation fee	10 minutes
Valuation of a residential apartment	AED 4,000, plus AED 10 knowledge fee and AED 10 innovation fee	Instant for residential units and attached villas

How do you register or renew Ejari on the Dubai REST app?

Register and renew are one service in the DLD catalogue, with one procedure and one fee list. For a landlord registering a new contract, DLD's Ejari guide gives this path in the app:

1. Log in as an individual user.
2. Go to your Property Wallet.
3. Select the property from the list of owned properties.
4. Access property services.
5. Select EJARI services / Register a new contract.
6. Specify the tenant type (individual or company).
7. Enter the contract details.
8. Submit the request and pay the fees.

The Register / Renew Tenancy Contract page adds that an employee then reviews and approves the request, and the e-Contract Registration Certificate arrives by email.

The only document the catalogue lists for the app is a copy of the Unified Tenancy Contract. The fee is made up of AED 100 for registering the contract, an AED 10 knowledge fee, an AED 10 innovation fee, and a service partner fee of AED 55 plus AED 2.75 VAT, which DLD totals at AED 177.75. At a Real Estate Services Trustee Centre the service partner fee is AED 95 plus VAT and DLD gives the total as AED 220. DLD does not show the VAT amount for the trustee centre; at the 5% it applies to the app's partner fee, the listed items come to AED 219.75, so the published AED 220 appears to be rounded.

The DLD FAQ says a tenant can start the registration, but the landlord's approval is required. DLD's Ejari guide adds that if the landlord does not approve within 5 days the request is automatically cancelled. The catalogue also says that for registration through mobile applications the tenant and landlord must be individuals. The DLD FAQ confirms a tenancy contract can be renewed before it expires.

Our guides to registering a tenancy contract and renewing one cover the paperwork. Before agreeing a new rent, see the Smart Rental Index guide and the rent increase calculator: DLD says rental values can be verified through the Rental Index service on its website or in Dubai REST.

To download the certificate afterwards, DLD's Ejari guide says: log in, tap the home screen icon, open your Property Wallet, select the property, go to contract details and download your EJARI certificate.

How do you cancel Ejari on the Dubai REST app?

DLD's published route is to log in, select the cancellation service, submit the request and wait for the approval email. The Cancel Tenancy Contract page describes the service as cancelling a tenancy contract "that has expired for a property that has been vacated", and lists the online route as:

1. Register and create an account in the Ejari system or Dubai REST app, or log in and select the service.
2. Fill in the data, if needed.
3. Submit the request electronically.
4. An email is sent if the request is approved.

Cancelling through the app or system is free of charge, while a trustee centre charges a service partner fee of AED 40 plus VAT. DLD's FAQ and its Ejari guide say this about who can cancel:

• The FAQ says that if the tenant cancels from Dubai REST, an approval request is sent to the owner. It gives that answer to a question about expired contracts.
• The Ejari guide lists tenant cancellation as needing landlord approval, and also lists the line "If the lease has expired, landlord approval is not required". The two DLD sources do not fully agree on expired leases.
• The FAQ says that if there is a management company, the tenant cannot cancel and the management company does it.

The Ejari guide says a cancellation request left unapproved for 5 days is automatically cancelled. DLD does not issue certificates or receipts for cancelled EJARI contracts. To withdraw a request raised by mistake, the FAQ says to open "Ejari Requests", select "My Requests", choose the request and tap "Cancel".

How do you check a title deed or the ownership of a property in Dubai?

Use DLD's Verify Title Deed service, which the catalogue lists on two channels: the Land Department website and the Dubai REST app. The service page says it lets customers verify the validity of the Certificate of Title / Title deed issued by the Land Department, with an immediate completion time.

On the website form the inputs are the title deed number, the title deed year and the property type (land, unit or villa). A second tab, "Validate Owner and Property", adds the owner name. Our title deed verification guide covers that check in detail.

Owners who need a document rather than a check have two paid options listed for the app: a To Whom It May Concern certificate, which DLD describes as a certificate of property ownership statement, and a detailed property report covering the owner, the property, mortgage, seizure, suspension and project details.

How to get a digital title deed

DLD issues title deeds electronically at the point of registration. The Property Sale Registration page lists "Electronic Title Deed" as an issued document and says the output is sent via email.

How to download a title deed from the Dubai REST app

The DLD pages we read on 10 November 2026 do not publish a step list for downloading a title deed inside the app. They confirm only that the wallet shows an owner's properties and that the deed is emailed at registration, so contact DLD support if yours is missing.

How do you check off-plan project status in Dubai REST?

DLD's "How do I" page says to download Dubai REST and search the list of services for "Project Status (Mashrooi)". DLD's Project Status Enquiry page says the service shows a project's completion percentage and details, and gives these steps:

1. Select the Information Services field and select the service.
2. Enter the land number, project number or project name.
3. View the information that appears.

The same enquiry runs on the Land Department website and on WhatsApp, by saving the number 8004488 and chatting with DLD's virtual assistant, Malik. Our DLD project status guide explains how to read the result, and the off-plan project pages list each project's published handover date to compare against it.

How do you get a floor plan or an Oqood certificate from Dubai REST?

A unit's official drawing comes from the Property Map Request service. DLD does not list Dubai REST as a channel for Oqood registration.

Floor plan (unit map). The Property Map Request page lets property owners apply for a map of a registered property, including a real estate unit map and a villa property map, with the Dubai REST mobile app listed as a channel. The issued document is an e-Map sent by email.

Oqood. Off-plan sales are entered in the provisional register by the developer. The Request to Register the Initial Sale page lists a single channel, the Real Estate Developers Portal (Oqood), and says the provisional registration e-certificate is sent by email to the purchaser. If it has not arrived, ask the developer.

Form A. We found no DLD page describing how to cancel a broker's Form A in Dubai REST. The DLD FAQ says only that a brokerage contract is "transferred electronically through the Dubai REST application", so ask the broker who created it.

What is the difference between DLD and RERA?

DLD is the government department, and RERA is an agency inside it. The DLD FAQ describes Dubai Land Department as the Dubai Government department responsible for supervising matters related to recording and documenting all real estate transactions, and names the Real Estate Regulatory Agency among its active organisations, alongside the Dubai Real Estate Institute and the Rental Disputes Center.

Title deeds are issued by DLD, while the same FAQ shows RERA's regulatory role: a broker must hold a broker card from the Real Estate Regulatory Agency, and the service charge index reports fees approved by RERA.

Common mistakes

• Treating these steps as a tested walkthrough. We did not log in to the app, so none of the steps here was checked on screen. They are DLD's published steps, and the app's menus may be worded differently.
• Leaving an old Ejari open. Under "What happens if Ejari is not cancelled?", the DLD FAQ says that if the final invoice for the existing tenant is not cancelled, the new tenant will not be able to register in the Ejari system.
• Treating the app as advice. Dubai REST shows records and processes requests. For a dispute or a purchase decision, speak to a licensed lawyer or a registered broker.