Is the land registration office a public non-business unit in Vietnam?

Is the land registration office a public non-business unit in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 1 of Joint Circular 15/2015/TTLT-BTNMT-BNV-BTC, the Land Registration Office is a public non-business unit under the Department of Natural Resources and Environment that has the function of registering land, houses, and other land-attached assets; building, managing, updating, and uniformly adjusting cadastral records and land databases; making statistics and inventory of land; and providing land information to organizations and individuals as prescribed by law.

The land registration office has legal status and has its own seal; it must be arranged by the State with office and working equipment and open an account in accordance with the provisions of law.

The land registration office has a director and no more than 02 deputy directors. The appointment and dismissal of the director and deputy director of the land registration office shall comply with the provisions of law and the decentralization of the People's Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities (hereinafter referred to as the People's Committee of the province), in accordance with the title criteria as prescribed.

Is the land registration office a public non-business unit in Vietnam? (Internet image)

Tasks and powers of the Land Registration Office in Vietnam

Tasks and powers of the Land Registration Office in Vietnam are specified in Article 2 of Joint Circular 15/2015/TTLT-BTNMT-BNV-BTC as follows:

- Register land assigned to be managed by the State, register land use rights, ownership of houses and other land-attached assets.

- Carry out the first grant, renewal, or re-grant of the Certificate of land use rights and ownership of houses and other land-attached assets (hereinafter referred to as the Certificate).

- Register changes in land allocated by the State for management, land use rights, ownership of houses, and other land-attached assets.

- Make, edit, update, archive, and manage cadastral records; receive and manage the use of Certificate blanks in accordance with the law.

- Update, edit, synchronize, and exploit land data; build and manage the land information system according to the provisions of law.

- Make statistics, inventory of land, and map the current status of land use; correct cadastral maps; extract cadastral maps.

- Check the cadastral measurement of the land plot; inspect and certify diagrams of houses and other land-attached assets provided by organizations or individuals in service of registration and issuance of certificates.

- Register transactions secured by land use rights, ownership of houses, and other land-attached assets in accordance with the law.

- Provide documents, maps, information, and data on land, houses, and other land-attached assets to organizations and individuals as prescribed by law.

- Collect fees and charges as prescribed by law.

- Perform services on the basis of functions and tasks in accordance with capacity as prescribed by law.

- Manage officials, employees, finances, and assets of the Land Registration Office in accordance with the law; implement the reporting regime according to current regulations and the status of task performance in the assigned fields of work.

Mai Thanh Loi

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