Is land in the old town still urban land after the merger?

VTV.vn - After merging communes, determining whether land in the old town area is urban or rural will be based on regulations on boundaries and land types in the 2024 Land Law.

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Mr. Nguyen Van Uyn ( Tuyen Quang ) asked, after merging 4 communes and 1 town into 1 new commune, will the land use purpose recorded on the old town area certificate be urban land or rural land?

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment responded to this issue as follows:

According to the provisions of Point a, Clause 3, Article 9 of the 2024 Land Law, residential land includes rural residential land and urban residential land.

Point a, b, Clause 1, Article 5 of Decree No. 102/2024/ND-CP dated July 30, 2024 of the Government detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Land Law stipulates:

"a) Rural residential land is residential land within the administrative boundaries of communes, except for residential land that has implemented new urban construction projects according to the urban and rural system planning but is still within the administrative boundaries of communes;

b) Urban residential land is residential land within the administrative boundaries of wards and towns and residential land within the administrative boundaries of communes where new urban construction projects have been implemented according to the urban and rural system planning.

Based on the above regulations, we request you to study and determine the land type in accordance with the provisions of the land law, determine the land use purpose recorded on the Certificate in accordance with the provisions of Clause 3, Article 8 of Circular No. 10/2024/TT-BTNMT dated July 31, 2024 regulating cadastral records, Certificates of land use rights, and ownership of assets attached to land.

Source: https://vtv.vn/dat-o-thi-tran-cu-co-con-la-dat-do-thi-sau-sap-nhap-100251209084006527.htm