In force
Saudi Municipal Licensing Law
نظام إجراءات التراخيص البلدية
Sets the procedures for issuing, renewing, suspending and cancelling municipal licenses, and how the Ministry and the competent government bodies coordinate on them. It concerns anyone who needs a municipal license to run an activity.
- Articles
- 15
- In force
- 15
- Amended
- 0
- Issued
- 23/9/1435 AH
Issued by: مرسوم ملكي رقم ( م/59 ) بتاريخ 23 / 9 / 1435 · قرار مجلس الوزراء
Each article shows the official Arabic text, which is the only legally binding version, followed by our plain-English explanation.
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Articles of the Saudi Municipal Licensing Law
- Article 1The article defines the key terms of the Law, including the Ministry, the competent government entity, the municipal license and the competent government entity's license.
- Article 2No activity may be carried on without first obtaining a municipal license and a license from the competent government authority, depending on each activity and in accordance with the laws and regulations.
- Article 3The Ministry is responsible for issuing, amending, renewing, canceling and suspending municipal licenses for activities of all kinds.
- Article 4The competent government authority sets the conditions and requirements for the activity it supervises, and issues, amends, renews and cancels licenses to carry it on.
- Article 5The article requires the Ministry to issue the municipal license within 10 working days once its procedures are complete, to give any refusal in writing with reasons, and to issue preliminary approval where the applicant has obligations to meet.
- Article 6The Ministry collects municipal fees and fines, and the competent government authority collects its own fees and fines under the laws and regulations that govern it.
- Article 7The article refers to the Implementing Regulations the question of who may issue, suspend, cancel, amend or decline to renew the municipal license, and to the competent authority's regulations the same question for the activity license.
- Article 8Under the applicable laws, the Ministry may use engineering offices and private companies and institutions to facilitate the procedures for issuing the municipal license.
- Article 9The Implementing Regulations set the duration of the municipal license according to the nature of the activity, and the license is renewed for the same period or periods after confirming that its conditions and requirements are met.
- Article 10The article creates a coordination office in every amanah and Category A municipality, with representatives of the competent authorities, to facilitate licensing, and requires statistical reports on its work to be published.
- Article 11The article requires the competent authority and the Ministry to unify the conditions and periods of the municipal license and define their roles, and bars granting a municipal license before Civil Defense approval, which is decided within 10 working days.
- Article 12The article requires the competent government authority to issue the license applicant a preliminary approval within 10 working days if the conditions are met, and the final license is issued after obtaining a valid municipal license.
- Article 13The article creates committees in the amanahs and municipalities to hear grievances over municipal licenses, municipal fines and penalties, and complaints about harm from licenses, and allows an appeal to the Administrative Court within 60 days.
- Article 14The Minister issues the Implementing Regulations of the Law within 90 days of its publication, setting out the conditions, controls and forms of municipal licenses.
- Article 15The law repeals everything that conflicts with it, and takes effect 90 days after its publication in the Official Gazette.