Iran's registration organization says yellow single-page title deeds need no replacement, while informal sales of green deeds are barred

Azam Ghavidel, spokeswoman for Iran's Deeds and Property Registration Organization, said on Monday, 27 July 2026 (5 Mordad 1405), that yellow cadastral single-page title deeds do not need to be replaced or converted into green ones. The clarification answered a question about confusion in the property market in recent weeks.

She said that at present only green title deeds fall under the Law on Mandatory Official Registration of Immovable Property Transactions as regards how sales are conducted. Deeds issued after that law took effect on 24 June 2024 (3 Tir 1403) are issued in green, and each time a property changes hands a new single-page deed is issued in the buyer's name in green.

Ghavidel said that for properties held under a green deed, drawing up a sale agreement, a preliminary contract, a settlement deed or any informal document is prohibited, with the exception of informal lease contracts of less than two years. Where an informal transaction is made and a dispute arises, no criminal complaint or civil action will be heard in judicial, quasi-judicial or arbitration bodies, and unregistered documents will not be accepted by executive bodies. She added that yellow deeds will soon fall under the same law as regards how transactions are conducted, without any requirement to replace the deed itself.