# Heara azhara

> A caution on title that protects a buyer who has signed but is not yet registered.

Canonical: https://shavnu.com/glossary/heara-azhara

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**הערה אזהרה**

After you sign a purchase contract, the lawyer files a heara azhara on the Tabu extract. It warns the world that this property is under contract, so the seller cannot quietly resell or pledge it out from under you. On a five-year Sde Dov presale it is not optional paperwork. If the register for the new building is not open yet, the caution sits on the parent parcel until units are subdivided.

## Related terms

- [Tabu](https://shavnu.com/glossary/tabu.md): The Israel Land Registry. Title lives here, not on the brochure or the sales website.


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Source: https://shavnu.com/glossary/heara-azhara on Shavnu, an independent English guide to the
Sde Dov district in Tel Aviv. Figures come from the public record: Israel Tax
Authority transaction reports, Tel Aviv GIS, tender results and the Hebrew press.