Do letters of authorization for household business registration need to be notarized in Vietnam?
Please ask,I want to authorize an individual to carry out the household business registration procedure. Does this letter of authorization need to be notarized or certified in Vietnam? Hoping for an answer soon.
Do letters of authorization for household business registration need to be notarized in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 4, Article 84 of Decree 01/2021/ND-CP, there are regulations on rules for household business registration as follows:
1. The household business or its founder shall complete the application for household business registration and take legal responsibility for the legitimacy, truthfulness, and accuracy of information therein.
2. The district-level business registration authority is responsible for the legitimacy of the application for household business registration, not violations of law committed by the household business or its founder.
3. The district-level business registration authority is not responsible for settling disputes between individuals of a household business or between the them with other entities.
4. The owner of the household business may authorize another entity to follow procedures for household business registration as prescribed in Article 12 hereof.
In Clause 1, Article 12 of Decree 01/2021/ND-CP, stipulates:
The person competent to sign the application form for enterprise registration may authorize another entity to follow enterprise registration procedures according to the following provisions:
1. If an individual is authorized, the application for enterprise registration must include the letter of attorney and copies of legal documents of the authorized individual. The notarization or certification of the letter of attorney is not compulsory.
2. If an organization is authorized, the application for enterprise registration must include the copy of the service contract signed with the enterprise registration service provider, the letter of introduction and legal documents of the person introduced to directly follow enterprise registration procedures.
3. If a public postal service provider is authorized, the postal worker shall submit the copy of application receipt which is made according to the form stipulated by the public postal service provider and bears the signatures of the postal worker and the person competent to sign the application form for enterprise registration.
4. If a postal service provider that does not provide public postal services is authorized, such authorization shall follow Clause 2 of this Article.
Thus, according to the provisions of the letter of attorney for household business registration (the letter of attorney to carry out the registration procedures) it is not required to be notarized or certified in Vietnam.
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