Article 2 of the Saudi Minors' Property Guardianship Law

This article shows the role of the Authority: it takes guardianship over property that has no custodian, in fact or in law, and in doing so exercises powers like those of the guardian, executor, curator, agent, or endowment administrator, and bears the same duties set for them under the provisions of Islamic Sharia and the laws in force.

Its most prominent competences under the text are:

1. Guardianship (wisaya) over the property of minors and unborn children who have no guardian or executor, and administering their property.
2. Curatorship over the property of persons with limited or no legal capacity for whom the competent court has not appointed a curator.
3. Administering the property of persons with no known heir, and of absent and missing persons, and acting as their agent in financial matters.
4. Safeguarding the property of unknown persons, found property, and stolen property until it is established to its owners under Sharia.
5. Supervising the acts of executors, curators, and guardians.
6. Safeguarding blood money, and disputed property and estates, until the Sharia obligation in them ends, if the competent court entrusts this to it.
7. Administering private (family) endowments whose administration is bequeathed to it or assigned to it.
8. Safeguarding the value of public charitable endowments until a replacement is purchased by the Supreme Endowments Council, after the permission of the competent court.
9. Any task assigned to it by a law or a decision of the Council of Ministers or a royal order.

Note that the Authority does not take the place of an existing guardian or executor: guardianship in the first item is for those who have no guardian or executor, but it supervises the acts of executors and guardians. The article refers to the Implementing Regulations to specify the rules needed for implementation. Anyone with a specific case may consult a lawyer who specializes in personal status and estates.