{"id":9189,"date":"2026-10-23T16:24:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T13:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ususlawfirm.com\/saudi-personal-status-law-official-text\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T16:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T13:30:10","slug":"saudi-personal-status-law-official-text","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ususlawfirm.com\/en\/saudi-personal-status-law-official-text\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Personal Status Law: Official Text (PDF) and What It Covers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Saudi Personal Status Law<\/strong> governs marriage and divorce and their effects, custody and guardianship, wills and inheritance. Here you will find its issuing decree, a link to read and download the official, amended text, what it covers, and our guides that explain it.<\/p>\n

About the law<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/th>\nSaudi Personal Status Law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Issued by<\/th>\nRoyal Decree No. (M\/73) dated 6\/8\/1443H<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Official text<\/th>\nBureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers portal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Age of majority<\/th>\nSet by the law at eighteen full years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Download the Saudi Personal Status Law (PDF) and read the official text<\/h2>\n

The official, amended text is published on the portal of the Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers, where you can read the articles with their amendments and view the original instrument. The portal’s main text is in Arabic.<\/p>\n

Read and download the official text<\/a><\/p>\n

We always link to the official portal rather than a saved copy, because laws are amended and the authoritative version is the current one.<\/p>\n

What the law covers<\/h2>\n