Commercial Maritime Law

If a vessel’s ownership is transferred to a Saudi national outside the Kingdom and it meets the registration requirements, its owner may obtain a temporary registration certificate from a registration office in the Kingdom or from the Kingdom's diplomatic mission in the country where the ownership of the vessel is transferred. If the Kingdom has no diplomatic mission in such country, the certificate may be obtained from the nearest country where the Kingdom has a diplomatic mission. Said certificate shall be valid for a period not exceeding six months and shall expire upon reaching the first port in the Kingdom which has a registration office.