Without prejudice to the provisions of any other law, the following items may not be attached: 1. Public property owned by the State or any of the emirates and endowment assets. 2. The house used as a residence by a Debtor or judgment Debtor and those of their relatives living with them who would be dependent upon the Debtor at law in the event of their death unless the house or common share in it is mortgaged and the debt arises from its price, in which case it is permissible to attach it to pay off the debt. 3. The clothes necessary for the Debtor, and the household furniture and kitchen utensils necessary for them and their family, and sufficient food and fuel for them for a period of (6) six months. 4. Any land or necessary agricultural equipment owned by a farmer or hunter/fisherman to the extent sufficient to sustain them and their dependents. 5. Property gifted or bequeathed so that it or the yield of it shall stand as maintenance or a regular income, either temporarily or for life, and any amounts ordered by the Judge which are amounts laid down or arranged temporarily by way of maintenance or to be disposed of for a particular purpose, all of the above with the exception of one quarter by way of settlement of a prescribed maintenance debt. 6. Property gifted or bequeathed on condition that it may not be attached, if the Judgment Creditor is one of the Creditors of the donee or the legatee whose debt arose before the gift or the bequest, with the exception of a debt for prescribed maintenance, up to the limit of one quarter. 7. Books, equipment and requisites for the carrying on of their profession or vocation by themselves, unless the attachment is for payment of the price thereof or expenses for the maintenance thereof or prescribed maintenance. 8. Movable property regarded as real property by affixation if the attachment thereover is independent of the real property to the service of which the movables have been appropriated, unless the attachment is for satisfaction of the price thereof or costs of maintaining the same. 9. Salaries and wages with the Debtor's employers, even if they are transferred to a bank account, save to the extent of one quarter of the wage or gross salary. In the event of overlapping claims priority shall be given to a maintenance debt. 10. Assets of foreign embassies and diplomatic bodies that enjoy diplomatic immunity, on condition of reciprocity.
Interpretation and application must be checked against the official text and current version.