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Certified Lebanese Property Deed Translation

eVerbary translates your Lebanese property deed into English for $24.95 per page with no word cap, by a professional human translator, with a signed certification. Most orders are delivered within a few hours. Accepted by USCIS and by US universities, colleges and schools, or your money back.

The land register and its folios

Real property in Lebanon is recorded by the Directorate General of Real Estate Affairs of the Ministry of Finance, through land registry offices (أمانات السجل العقاري) in each district. The system goes back to the French Mandate: Arrêtés 186, 188 and 189 of 15 March 1926 created the survey and the land register, and Legislative Decree 12 of 28 February 1930 kept the older tapu offices for areas not yet under the register. Before that, property was recorded in the Ottoman daftarkhane.

The register is a property book made of one real estate folio (الصحيفة العقارية) per plot, recording owners, rights, mortgages and servitudes, and anyone may consult it on paying the fee. Owners hold a title deed (سند الملكية), and the registry also issues ownership statements showing the current entries. We translate the plot number, area, district and every entry exactly, so the documents match. See our Arabic page.

Which document to translate

The title deed shows ownership; a recent statement from the registry shows the folio as it stands today, including mortgages and seizures. For an estate, a divorce settlement or proof of assets, US offices often prefer the recent statement. The register was computerised between 2001 (Beirut) and 2004 (Zahle), so older deeds and newer printouts can look very different; both are translated in full.

Ownership by non-Lebanese is handled by a separate department of the directorate, and inherited property passes through its own procedures; if your file includes an inheritance decision, translate that too. Plot numbers and the name of the real estate area are copied exactly, since they identify the property in the register. See the Lebanese power of attorney page if a relative is handling the property for you.

What USCIS requires

Under 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3), a foreign-language document must be accompanied by a complete English translation and the translator's certification that it is accurate. Every seal, stamp and marginal note is part of the document, so every one is translated.

State agencies set their own rules — see government agencies — and what our certification states is on this page.

How it works

Upload a photo or a scan of your document, pick the language pair and check out online. You never have to mail originals: a legible copy is all we need.

A professional human translator, never machine translation, translates the document word for word and mirrors the layout of the original. Every certified translation ships with a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy that meets the requirements of USCIS, courts and universities.

Your translation is delivered digitally, usually within 24 hours for documents of one to three pages, and same-day delivery is available. If anything needs adjusting, we revise it.

Certified vs. standard translation

A certified translation is a word-for-word translation accompanied by a signed statement attesting to its accuracy and completeness. It is what official bodies require: USCIS, courts, universities and government agencies. Certified translations are $24.95 per page, where one sheet of your document is one page, with no word cap.

A standard translation is the same professional human translation without the certificate, for when you only need to understand the content or for internal or informal use. It is billed at the same $24.95 per page with no word cap.

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