Can the Branch Office of the Land Registry Receive Applications for Issuing Land Use Rights Certificates?
At Clause 19 Article 1 of Decree 148/2020/ND-CP amending a number of Decrees guiding the Land Law, there is a regulation:
The agency for receiving dossiers and returning results for the procedure of land registration, other assets attached to the land; the issuance, re-issuance, and replacement of Certificates is the Land Registration Office, the Branch of the Land Registration Office.
Based on specific conditions in the locality, the Provincial People's Committee promulgates regulations on receiving, circulating dossiers, resolving, and returning results for the procedure of land registration, other assets attached to the land; the issuance, re-issuance, and replacement of Certificates ensuring the time as prescribed by law, publicly disclosing administrative procedures, and the choice of dossier submission location at the Land Registration Office, one of the Branches of the Land Registration Office within the provincial area or the location according to the needs of the land user, the owner of the assets attached to the land.
In the case where the Land Registration Office or the Branch of the Land Registration Office implements the receipt of dossiers and returns results for the procedure of land registration, other assets attached to the land; the issuance, re-issuance, and replacement of Certificates according to the needs of the land user, the owner of the assets attached to the land, the time and location for the receipt of dossiers and return of procedure results is implemented as agreed between the person with the need and the Land Registration Office, the Branch of the Land Registration Office but not exceeding the procedure implementation time prescribed by the Provincial People's Committee.
For places where the Land Registration Office has not been established, the provincial-level Land Use Right Registration Office receives dossiers for organizations, religious establishments, Vietnamese residing overseas implementing investment projects, foreign organizations, foreign individuals, enterprises with foreign-invested capital; the district-level Land Use Right Registration Office receives dossiers for households, individuals, community groups, Vietnamese residing overseas who are allowed to own houses attached to homestead land use rights in Vietnam.
In the case that households, individuals, and community groups need to submit dossiers at the communal-level People's Committee, the communal-level People's Committee where the land is located shall receive the dossiers and return the results. In the case of registering land changes, assets attached to the land; certificate re-issuance, and replacement, within 03 days from the date of receiving the complete dossier, the communal-level People's Committee must transfer the dossier to the Land Registration Office, the Branch of the Land Registration Office.
=> Thus, according to the aforementioned regulations, the Branch of the Land Registration Office within the provincial area has the authority to receive dossiers and return results for the procedure of land registration, other assets attached to the land.
Sincerely.
