Article 61 of the Saudi Enforcement Law
المادة 61 من نظام التنفيذ · الباب السابع: أحكام ختامية
The Ministry of Justice licenses and supervises enforcement service providers such as the judicial sales agent and the judicial custodian, and the Minister issues regulations governing their work and fees.
Official text (Arabic)
This article has not been amended since the law was issued.
1- تتولى الوزارة الترخيص لمقدمي خدمات التنفيذ والإشراف عليهم. ويُعد من مقدمي خدمات التنفيذ: وكيل البيع القضائي، والحارس القضائي، ومقدم خدمة استرداد الأصول، ومقدم خدمة تتبع الأموال، ومقدم خدمات تنفيذ أحكام الزيارة في مسائل الأحوال الشخصية، وغيرهم ممن تبينهم اللائحة.
2- يصدر الوزير لائحة تنظم أعمال مقدمي خدمات التنفيذ، بما في ذلك تحديد اختصاصاتهم، وأحكام الترخيص لهم، والضمان المالي المطلوب لذلك، وقواعد تأهيلهم، وواجباتهم، والقواعد والإجراءات المتعلقة بضبط مخالفاتهم، وسياسات تحديد الأجور التي يتقاضونها.
This is the official Arabic wording, the only legally binding version. We do not translate the law itself; the explanation below is ours. Official source: Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers
Article 61 explained in plain English
This article governs a category of bodies and persons that the Law calls enforcement service providers, who carry out work supporting enforcement procedures. The Law provides that the Ministry is the body that licenses and supervises them, so none of them may provide these services except as the Ministry regulates.
The article names examples of enforcement service providers:
- The judicial sales agent.
- The judicial custodian.
- The asset recovery service provider.
- The asset tracing service provider.
- The provider of services for enforcing visitation judgments in personal status matters.
This list is not exhaustive, since the article adds to them "others whom the Implementing Regulations specify".
The second paragraph provides that the Minister issues special regulations governing the work of enforcement service providers, including: specifying their competences, the rules for licensing them, the financial guarantee required for the license, the rules for their qualification, their duties, the rules and procedures for detecting their violations, and the policies for setting the fees they charge. The article does not specify the amount of the guarantee or the fees, but leaves this to those regulations.
This article is linked to Article 60, which allows the Minister by decision to assign enforcement procedures to the competent administration, a competent body or the private sector, except issuing imprisonment and travel ban orders, deciding disputes and grievances, and issuing judgments, and which requires the private entity to be licensed, to have expertise and financial capacity, to have no conflict of interest and to maintain confidentiality. A person who needs to deal with one of these providers in a particular enforcement file would do well to consult a lawyer specialized in enforcement cases.
Practical example
A company in Riyadh wishes to work as a judicial sales agent selling attached property in enforcement files. Under this Law, it must obtain a license from the Ministry, is subject to its supervision, and must comply with what the regulations issued by the Minister set on qualification rules, the financial guarantee, duties and fee policies.
Translated from our Arabic explanation with machine assistance. For guidance only; it does not replace advice from a lawyer on your situation.
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Frequently asked questions about Article 61 of the Saudi Enforcement Law
Who licenses the judicial custodian and the judicial sales agent?
The Law provides that the Ministry licenses and supervises enforcement service providers, including the judicial custodian and the judicial sales agent.
Who are enforcement service providers?
The article mentions the judicial sales agent, the judicial custodian, the asset recovery service provider, the asset tracing service provider, the provider of services for enforcing visitation judgments in personal status matters, and others the Implementing Regulations specify.
How are enforcement service providers' fees set?
The article does not set fees but provides that the Minister issues regulations governing their work, including policies for setting the fees they charge.
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- Article 2
The article explains that the Enforcement Court consists of first-instance and appeal circuits, or first-instance circuits only, and says where judgments are appealed where the court has no appeal circuits.
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- Article 3
The article obliges all competent authorities, including those supervising or registering assets, to respond to the Enforcement Court's orders and decisions within 3 working days of being notified, unless a special provision exists.
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- Article 4
The article sets the Enforcement Court's jurisdiction over supervising enforcement, compulsory enforcement and enforcement disputes, except for criminal penalties and the Board of Grievances' matters, without looking at the underlying right.
1- عدا تنفيذ العقوبات الجزائية وما تختص به محاكم ديوان المظالم، تختص المحكمة بالإشراف على التنفيذ وإجراءاته، وبالتنفيذ الجبري وإجراءاته، وتتولى الفصل في منازعات
- Article 5
The article requires the holder of an asset of the enforcement debtor, where several bodies issued attachment orders on it, to notify the body that issued the later order of the first attachment.
إذا تعددت الجهات التي أصدرت أمر الحجز على مال من أموال المنفذ ضده، فعلى المحجوز لديه المال إشعار الجهة التي أصدرت أمر الحجز اللاحق بالحجز الأول. وتحدد اللائحة ا
- Article 6
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1- استثناءً من أحكام الاختصاص المنصوص عليها في النظام ونظام التنفيذ أمام ديوان المظالم والأنظمة الأخرى ذات الصلة، إذا اجتمع حجز تنفيذي من جهتين قضائيتين أو من ج
The texts are reproduced from the official website of the Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers for reference; where they differ, the officially published Arabic text prevails. This content is not legal advice.