Ajman power of attorney
Power of Attorney Ajman: What We Confirm Before You Sign
We have no published Ajman notary text in front of us, so this page will not print an office, a form or a fee. We draft the power of attorney, put it into Arabic, and confirm the Ajman requirement with the body that will receive it.
- Drafted act by act
- Arabic legal translation
- We attend the ratification
Power of attorney Ajman: what this page will not guess
An Ajman power of attorney is drafted, put into Arabic, checked against what the receiving body wants, and then ratified before a notary public, and we do everything up to that last step. We will not print Ajman procedure here, because we have no published Ajman notary text in front of us to quote.
What we confirm first
The Ajman requirement, with the receiving body
Who ratifies the deed
A notary public, never our office
Fee for ratification
Set by the ratifying authority, confirmed first
A power of attorney, and what Ajman changes about it
A power of attorney is a contract. One person, the principal, appoints another, the agent, to act in their place. Federal Decree-Law 25/2025, the Civil Transactions Law, governs agency across the UAE at Articles 866 to 903, and it came into force on 1 June 2026. An agency may be general, special, conditional, or deferred to a future time. Those four are the only type names UAE statute uses.
Notarial duties may only be performed by public notaries, private notaries and accredited UAE consuls, under Article 3 of Federal Decree-Law 20/2022. Article 2 of the same law carves out local judicial authorities whose notarial services run under their own legislation. We have read no published Ajman notary text, so we will not tell you which side of that line your document sits on. Acceptance is decided by the body receiving the document, so we ask it first.
The two articles that decide what your agent can do
Most refused documents fail on wording, not on paperwork. Article 870 of the Civil Transactions Law requires a special agency, specifying the type of act, for anything that is not an act of management and preservation. It names donations, sale, settlement, mortgage, acknowledgment, arbitration, administering and accepting an oath, and pleading before the court. Article 871 completes the picture, and it is the line that catches people out.
What the Civil Transactions Law actually says
Article 870: any act that is not an act of management and preservation requires a special agency specifying the type of act and the dispositions it entails. Article 871: if the agency is expressed in general terms without specifying what is intended, it shall only grant the agent the power to perform acts of management.
Points we pin down before anything is translated
None of these come from Ajman practice. Every one of them comes from the agency articles that apply across the UAE, which is why we can state them plainly.
- The exact act, named, since management and preservation is all a general power carries
- The title deed number for a property, because a building name proves nothing
- The trade licence number for a company, alongside the registered name
- The case file or the court, where the agent will plead or settle
- The end date you want written in, since the document sets its own term
- Whether the agent may appoint a sub-agent, stated one way or the other
Two Ajman briefs that look alike and are not
People say Ajman power of attorney for two different things. One is a document an Ajman body will act on. The other is a document signed by someone living in Ajman.
Used in Ajman
An Ajman body will act on it
The receiving body in Ajman sets the wording, the language and the ratification. We ask that body directly, because we have no published Ajman text to read instead.
Used elsewhere
You live in Ajman, the matter sits elsewhere
Your address does not set the rules. A Dubai property or case puts the document in front of Dubai Courts, under Dubai Law 4/2013, and that is a Dubai matter.
From your instruction to the notary counter
Four steps, in this order. The first one is the one that gets skipped, and skipping it is the usual reason someone travels to a counter and comes home again.
1
Ask the Ajman side what it wants
We write to whoever will act on the document and confirm the current requirement. Nothing is drafted, translated or booked on an assumption about Ajman.
2
Draft the powers act by act
Our lawyers and legal consultants name each act separately, with the property, company or case identified. A power written in general terms hands over far less than people expect.
3
Prepare the Arabic instrument
Article 5 of the federal notary law puts the notary’s instrument in Arabic, with a foreign language allowed only on conditions set by ministerial resolution. A registered legal translator prepares ours.
4
Attend the ratification with you
The notary verifies identity from an ID card or passport, checks capacity and consent, and reads the content out. We sit with you. The ratification is the notary’s act, never ours.
The file we need opened before drafting starts
Two people and one subject, described accurately. Get those three right and the drafting has everything it needs, with nothing left to be filled in later.
The principal
The person giving the power
- Emirates ID, or passport
- The name exactly as printed there
- Where you expect to be when you sign
- Any earlier power of attorney still standing
The agent
The person receiving the power
- Emirates ID, or passport
- Full name and ID number
- Whether a sub-agent may be appointed
- Any act the agent must not do
The subject
What the power is about
- Title deed for a property
- Trade licence for a company
- Case or file reference for a court matter
- Attestation papers if it was signed abroad
Errors that cost people a second appointment
The first list is what we see go wrong. The second is what we check before anyone books a slot or buys a ticket.
- Article 955 cited for revocation, which comes from the repealed 1985 Civil Code
- An apostille treated as a substitute, when the UAE is not a party to that convention
- Dubai Courts practice quoted at an Ajman counter, as though one emirate’s procedure travelled
- Citations read against Federal Decree-Law 25/2025, where revocation sits at Article 898
- The consular chain confirmed: foreign ministry of the issuing country, UAE mission there, then MOFAIC
- Every Ajman requirement confirmed with the receiving body, never carried across from another emirate
Frequently asked questions
The questions we are asked most often on this one.
Why will you not publish the Ajman procedure on this page?
Because we have read no published Ajman notary text, and a guessed office, form or opening time costs you a wasted trip. Federal Decree-Law 20/2022 applies across the State but excludes local judicial authorities that run their own notary legislation. We confirm which requirement applies with the body that will receive your document, before anything is drafted or booked.
My power of attorney says the agent may act generally. Is that enough?
Probably not. Article 871 of the Civil Transactions Law says an agency expressed in general terms, without specifying what is intended, grants only acts of management. Article 870 requires a special agency naming the type of act for anything beyond management and preservation, and it names sale, mortgage, settlement, arbitration and pleading before the court among them.
Who is allowed to translate it, and what if I do not speak Arabic?
The Arabic is prepared by a legal translator registered with the Ministry of Justice. Language at the appointment is a separate thing: Article 8(3) of Federal Decree-Law 20/2022 says that if the notary is unfamiliar with your language, an interpreter listed in the Ministry’s Interpreter Register is engaged, in your presence. The federal schedule prices notarising a translation inside an instrument at AED 50 per page.
Does an apostille from my home country work here?
No. The UAE is not a contracting party to the Hague Apostille Convention, so there is no apostille route in. A document signed abroad goes through the foreign ministry of the issuing country, then the UAE embassy or consulate there, then MOFAIC in the UAE. MOFAIC publishes AED 150 for individual affairs documents and AED 2,000 for commercial ones.
How much will an Ajman power of attorney cost?
We will not print a figure for Ajman. The fee is set by the authority that ratifies the document, and we have no published Ajman schedule to quote. The federal schedule, Cabinet Resolution 19/2024, prices a general or special power of attorney at AED 100 per party, and AED 130 through a private notary. The law behind it excludes local judicial authorities with their own notary legislation.
Is there an online route for a power of attorney?
There is a federal one. The Ministry of Justice operates the E-Notary System, and a digital power of attorney service that produces a digitally ratified document without a visit to a notary office. Federal Decree-Law 20/2022 sets personal appearance as the default in Article 17, then allows the notary to use IT tools instead in Article 18. Whether either covers your Ajman document is something we check.
What brings a power of attorney to an end?
Article 897 of the Civil Transactions Law lists the events: completion of the work entrusted to the agent, expiry of the term specified in the agency, and the death or loss of legal capacity of either the principal or the agent. There is no general statutory period in UAE law. The term is whatever the document states.
Why does telling the agent about a revocation matter?
Article 898 lets the principal revoke or restrict the agent’s authority at any time, unless the agency involves a third party’s right or was issued in the agent’s interest. Article 902 explains why notice matters: a litigation agent who acts after learning of their dismissal is liable, while acts done before they knew remain effective. Revoking a principal agency revokes the sub-agencies under it.
Start here
Start with the act, not the emirate
Send us the act the agent has to carry out, the body that will receive the document, and the papers behind it. We will come back with what the wording has to say, what has to go into Arabic, and what we still have to confirm on the Ajman side. Our lawyers and legal consultants draft, translate, check and attend. The ratification is carried out by a notary public.
Tell us what the document has to do
Say who will receive it and what you need it to allow, and you will get a straight answer on the wording, the government fees and what to bring. You can also send it through the contact form.
Call us
Speak to the person who will handle your file and get an answer on the same call.
Send photographs of your passport, your Emirates ID and anything the matter attaches to.
Best for a company matter, or anything that runs to several documents.
Visit the office
Jebel Ali area, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai. Come in, or have it handled remotely and only turn up to sign.
Opening hours. Monday to Thursday, 9:00 to 18:00. Friday, 9:00 to 12:00. Saturday, 9:00 to 18:00. Sunday, closed.