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  "schema_version": 1,
  "record_type": "buyer_guide",
  "id": "dubai-owners-association-role-map",
  "title": "Dubai Owners Association: Who Manages What?",
  "audience": "Buyers and owners checking how a jointly owned property is managed.",
  "canonical_url": "https://ioffplandubai.com/dubai-real-estate-owners-association-oa/",
  "last_reviewed": "2026-10-23",
  "issue_card": {
    "storage": "none",
    "upload": "none",
    "submits_complaints": false,
    "verifies_allegations": false,
    "determines_legal_eligibility": false,
    "source_scope": "DLD FAQ summary, not complete statute or amendments"
  },
  "steps": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "title": "Management company",
      "body": "DLD’s FAQ describes a licensed, RERA-approved company that manages shared facilities, shared properties or common parts. It names the management company as responsible for building management, common-facility maintenance and receiving and resolving owners’ enquiries and complaints.",
      "example": {
        "title": "Ask for a named case reference",
        "body": "For a common-area maintenance issue, record the location and what you observed. Ask the responsible company to confirm the case reference, action and next update. This is a practical record-keeping suggestion, not a statutory response deadline."
      },
      "source_ids": [
        "dld-owners-faq"
      ]
    },
    {
      "position": 2,
      "title": "Owners committee",
      "body": "DLD’s FAQ describes a committee drawn from unit owners under RERA procedures and refers to Law No. (6) of 2019. That description is not evidence that a committee exists in your building or that a person using an “OA” title has a particular authority.",
      "example": {
        "title": "Verify the identity before the powers",
        "body": "Ask whether the building has a recognised committee, who its contact is and which record confirms that status. An informal residents’ chat is not, by itself, proof of that status. We have not verified committee powers, formation or voting rules here."
      },
      "source_ids": [
        "dld-owners-faq"
      ]
    },
    {
      "position": 3,
      "title": "DLD / RERA",
      "body": "DLD’s FAQ describes RERA approval of service-charge budgets after an approved auditor’s review. It also describes the Service Charge Index and Mollak’s role in regulating management companies and monitoring service charges. These are different checks from asking the management company to fix a common-area problem.",
      "example": {
        "title": "Match the evidence to the question",
        "body": "For a charge question, keep the project, use, fiscal year, invoice and matching approved record. For poor services or maintenance, DLD’s FAQ says unit owners can submit a complaint through Dubai REST’s Real Estate Violations System (RVS). Confirm the current service and requirements there; this page does not submit a complaint."
      },
      "source_ids": [
        "dld-owners-faq"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "collection_checklist": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "title": "Building and responsible company",
      "body": "Keep the exact project/building name, the company named in your management correspondence and the source that identifies it. A sales agent, developer brand and building manager are not interchangeable labels.",
      "source_ids": [
        "dld-owners-faq"
      ]
    },
    {
      "position": 2,
      "title": "One issue, dated evidence",
      "body": "Write what happened, where and when. Keep original photos, messages, invoices and references separately. Distinguish an observation from what someone told you. Do not paste identity documents, bank details or other residents’ private information into this tool.",
      "source_ids": [
        "dld-owners-faq"
      ]
    },
    {
      "position": 3,
      "title": "Reply and remaining question",
      "body": "Keep the date you contacted the company, its reference and its actual reply. If the answer concerns committee authority or legal rights, ask for the governing document instead of treating an informal message as a legal decision.",
      "source_ids": [
        "dld-owners-faq"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "evidence_states": [
    {
      "title": "A record, not a ruling",
      "body": "The card preserves your own account and a next question. It does not verify the building, committee, company, allegation, liability or the correct legal forum."
    }
  ],
  "limitations": [
    {
      "title": "Why “OA” needs a second question",
      "body": "The historical query says “owners association”. The reviewed DLD FAQ uses “owners committee” and separately describes the management company. This guide does not certify that the terms are legally equivalent or that older association documents govern your building today."
    },
    {
      "title": "What remains unverified",
      "body": "Committee powers, voting rules and legal remedies are not verified here. The complete governing statute and amendments were not retrieved for this review. Do not use this page to decide membership eligibility, replace a management company, withhold charges or calculate a remedy."
    },
    {
      "title": "Not an emergency or complaint service",
      "body": "The builder is for factual preparation only. It does not send messages, open cases, monitor a reply or contact DLD. Use the appropriate official service directly for an urgent issue; do not wait for this tool to act."
    }
  ],
  "questions": [
    {
      "question": "Is the owners committee the management company?",
      "answer": "DLD’s FAQ describes them separately. Confirm the recognised committee, the responsible management company and the capacity in which someone is speaking for your building."
    },
    {
      "question": "Can the committee change my service charge?",
      "answer": "No such power is established by this guide. DLD’s FAQ describes RERA approval of budgets following an approved auditor’s review. Ask for the matching project and fiscal-year record, rather than relying on an OA label."
    },
    {
      "question": "Where can an owner raise poor services or maintenance?",
      "answer": "The reviewed DLD FAQ names the management company for enquiries and complaints. It also describes Dubai REST → Real Estate Violations System (RVS) for unit-owner complaints about low services and maintenance. Check the current official service before filing. Other issue types may need a different route."
    },
    {
      "question": "Does this tool store or send my issue?",
      "answer": "No. It builds plain text in this tab. Select and copy it yourself. Reloading or leaving clears it. It is not saved into a Decision Room and no complaint is submitted."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "dld-owners-faq",
      "publisher": "Dubai Land Department",
      "label": "FAQ: owners committee, management company, service charges and maintenance",
      "url": "https://dubailand.gov.ae/en/frequently-asked-questions/",
      "expectedHost": "dubailand.gov.ae",
      "displayRight": "link_to_official_publisher",
      "verifiedAt": "2026-10-23"
    }
  ],
  "interpretation": "Educational buyer due diligence. Not legal advice, inventory, brokerage or an offer to transact."
}