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Certified Palestinian Property Deed Translation

eVerbary translates your Palestinian 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.

Registered land and land settlement

Land ownership in the West Bank is recorded in several layers. Land that went through land settlement has a registered title; much land has not, and is held through other documents. Since 2016, Decree-Law No. 7 has given the Land and Water Settlement Commission the task of settling and registering land and water rights, alongside the Palestinian Land Authority. A registry extract names the owners and their shares, and the land by village, basin (hod) and plot (qit'a) number.

We copy every basin, plot and parcel number exactly and translate the owners' shares as printed, whether as fractions or numbers of shares, because heirs often hold small shares of the same plot. Older records may come from the Jordanian or earlier periods; we translate them as issued. Where several extracts were issued over the years, each is translated as its own document, with its own date.

What a US reader needs

Property documents are used in US courts for estates and divorces, by USCIS for financial evidence, and by banks. The translation reproduces area measurements in the unit printed, often the dunam, without converting, and keeps every encumbrance, mortgage note and stamp. Where a document is a sale contract rather than a registry extract, its title is translated literally so it is not mistaken for a title deed.

A deed is often accompanied by a power of attorney for the agent who handles the land, and by a death certificate and inheritance deed when heirs are involved. Names follow your passport spelling when you ask. See our Arabic page. Where the land is held by heirs, the shares on the extract can run into long fractions, and we keep each one exactly. A scan or photo is enough.

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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