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Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research

College of Law, Sumer University

كلية القانون جامعة سومر

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Property protection in the digital age in Iraq

Assistant teacher

Abstract

The digital transformation of the real estate sector and its impact on property rights protection is a crucial element of economic and social security. However, the current reality suffers from clear legislative and institutional shortcomings, including the continued reliance on traditional paper records, the absence of a unified electronic real estate registry, and weak legal frameworks that grant legal validity to digital documents and electronic signatures. Although the government has begun offering some electronic real estate services through the "Our" platform and has launched the digital property deed and property map, this transformation remains partial and administrative, and has not yet reached the level of institutional legal transformation necessary to protect property rights, prevent forgery, and ensure evidentiary weight. Therefore, digital transformation in the real estate sector should not be limited to automating procedures or simplifying services. Rather, it must extend to building a comprehensive legislative and technological framework that guarantees the protection of electronic real estate documents, recognizes their validity before the courts and third parties, and establishes a secure and unified national digital real estate registry capable of achieving real estate security, enhancing trust and investment, and enshrining the rule of law in the digital environment.

الكلمات المفتاحية: Real estate ownership, digital transformation, electronic signature, real estate registration

منشور في:
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2026): Vol. (1), No. (2), June. 2026
تاريخ النشر:
2026-05-27
معرف الوثيقة الرقمي (DOI):
https://doi.org/10.66734/a8czf602
الصفحات:
105- 127