Vietnam: Documentation for registration of changes to land and properties on land due to changes of owner of properties on land

According to Circular No. 33/2017/TT-BTNMT of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam, the application for registration of changes to land and properties on land due to changes of land user or owner of properties on land; reduction in the area of land parcel due to natural erosion; changes to limitation(s) of land use right; to financial obligations; to properties on land against the previous registration include:  

- An application form for changes to land or properties on land;

- An original of the issued certificate;

- One of the documents relating to the changes:

+ A written approval of a competent authority in accordance with regulations of the law in case of change of an individual or representative of the household;

+ A copy of the family register in case of change of the representative who is the householder; the household’s agreement certified by the People’s Committee of the commune in case of change of the representative who is another member of the household;

+ A local community's agreement certified by the People’s Committee of the commune in case of renaming of the local community;

+ A written certification of the People’s Committee of the commune on the natural erosion in case of reduction in the area of land parcel and property on land due to natural erosion;

+ Documents on payment of financial obligations in case of issued certificates with a debit or late payment of financial obligations, except for the case where the land user is exempted from paying or does not have to pay financial obligations due to changes in regulations of law;

+ The competent authority’s decision on changes to limitation(s) of land use rights, ownership of properties on land specified in the certificate in case of limitation(s) according to decisions on land allocation, land lease, certification of land use right; a written consent to restriction changes to limitation(s) by the person with relevant interests, certified by People’s Committee of the commune in case of changes to limitation(s) according to the written transfer of land use rights;

+ A copy of one of the documents specified in Articles 31, 32, 33 and 34 of Decree No. 43/2014/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, specifying the changes to information about the properties on land mentioned in the certificate.

More details can be found in Circular No. 33/2017/TT-BTNMT of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam, which takes effect from December 05, 2017.

-Thao Uyen-

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