Tabu
The Israel Land Registry. Title lives here, not on the brochure or the sales website.
Tabu is the land registry. A sale is not finished until you are registered against the gush/chelka, or a trustee holds for you until the condominium register opens. Your lawyer pulls the Tabu extract, checks liens, and registers a heara azhara (caution) after you sign so a later buyer or creditor cannot jump the queue. Marketing lot numbers (migrash) are a planning overlay; the Tabu address is the gush and chelka.
Where this comes up
Pages on this site that use the term in context.
- Buying in Sde Dov from Abroad: The Honest Playbook
Foreigners can buy here, but the tax code, payment schedule, and permit pipeline work differently than in most overseas markets. What the research actually supports.
Related terms
A numbered development lot inside a complex (the plot a developer actually buys).
A caution on title that protects a buyer who has signed but is not yet registered.
Israel's cadastral block and parcel identifiers: the land-registry address of a plot.
A power of attorney. Remote buyers sign one at home, then apostille it.