Mollak is Dubai’s regulated system for managing service charges in jointly owned properties. It channels owners’ service-charge payments through approved accounts and oversees how management companies collect and spend them, bringing transparency to community fees.
Where you’ll see it
You’ll encounter Mollak as an owner in an apartment building or community paying service charges. Invoices and approved rates run through the system, and payments are held in regulated accounts tied to the specific property, rather than paid informally to a manager.
Why it matters
Mollak protects owners by ensuring service charges are based on approved budgets and held and spent transparently. It reduces the risk of mismanaged funds and gives owners confidence that what they pay goes to running their community.
What it is not
Mollak is the Dubai system; it is not an Abu Dhabi mechanism. It is also not the owners association itself, it is the platform through which service charges are regulated and managed.
Example
An apartment owner receives a service-charge invoice based on the community’s approved rate; the payment is made through the Mollak system into a regulated account for the building.
Connected documents and parties
Service-charge invoice, approved budget; owners, management company, RERA.
Going deeper: related reading: service charge index and owners association.
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Last reviewed: June 2026