What Is a Nesach Tabu (Tabu Extract)?

Q: What Is a Nesach Tabu (Tabu Extract)?

A Nesach Tabu (נסח טאבו) is the official extract from Israel's Land Registry — the Tabu — showing the current legal ownership status of a specific property. Your lawyer requests it as the first step of legal due diligence, before you commit to anything in writing. The extract lists the registered owner(s), any Mashkanta (mortgage) charge registered against the property, any Ikul (lien or legal freeze), any existing Hearat Azhara in favor of a prior buyer or lender, and the property's exact Gush and Helka identifier. Why it matters for a buyer: a Tabu extract can look clean for months and then have a lien registered overnight. Your lawyer should pull a fresh extract at the start of due diligence, and again immediately before signing and before final payment, to confirm nothing has changed. Source: Israel Land Registry (לשכת רישום המקרקעין); Land Law 5729-1969

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A Nesach Tabu (נסח טאבו) is the official extract from Israel's Land Registry — the Tabu — showing the current legal ownership status of a specific property. Your lawyer requests it as the first step of legal due diligence, before you commit to anything in writing.

The extract lists the registered owner(s), any Mashkanta (mortgage) charge registered against the property, any Ikul (lien or legal freeze), any existing Hearat Azhara in favor of a prior buyer or lender, and the property's exact Gush and Helka identifier.

Why it matters for a buyer: a Tabu extract can look clean for months and then have a lien registered overnight. Your lawyer should pull a fresh extract at the start of due diligence, and again immediately before signing and before final payment, to confirm nothing has changed.

Source: Israel Land Registry (לשכת רישום המקרקעין); Land Law 5729-1969

What Is a Nesach Tabu (Tabu Extract)?

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