The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment proposes printing QR codes on land use right certificates and certificates of ownership of assets attached to land (land title certificates) to combat counterfeiting.
Land ownership certificate shortened from 4 pages to 2 pages.
The above proposal is included in the draft Circular regulating land use right certificates, ownership certificates for assets attached to land, and cadastral records.
According to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the new land use right certificate template will only have two pages, and the QR code will be printed at the top right corner of the first page.
According to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, QR codes help people look up information printed on certificates and provide feedback to combat counterfeiting.
Sample certificate of land use rights and ownership of assets on the land.
Besides proposing the addition of QR codes, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has also proposed amendments to the land use rights certificate, house ownership certificate, and certificate of ownership of assets on land (land title certificate). Specifically, the new certificate template will have 2 pages instead of 4 as before. Previously, most of the information in the certificate was on pages two and three; according to the proposal, this will be moved to page one.
The national emblem has been reduced in size and placed in the left corner of page one, instead of in the center as it is currently. The land plot information, including plot number, land type, usage period, origin of use, and address, which was previously on page two, is now moved to page one.
Similarly, information on land-related assets, notes, plot diagrams, and certificates from competent authorities are also included on page one.
The table of information on assets attached to land also includes additional declaration details such as: Name of asset/construction item; Construction area (m2); Floor area or capacity; Main structural elements; Construction class; Number of floors; Year of completion of construction; Ownership period.
Page two will only contain information on changes made after the certificate was issued and the registration number after the certificate was issued.
After gathering feedback from the public and relevant ministries and localities in May, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will issue the circular.
From 2025, land ownership certificates will have a new name.
"Red book" and "pink book" are terms not recognized in legal documents. They are simply common terms used by the public based on the color of documents confirming land use rights or house ownership rights.
In this context, "red book" refers to the certificate of land use rights. "Pink book" refers to the certificate of ownership of housing and land use rights/certificate of ownership of housing/certificate of ownership of construction works.
However, the Land Law of 2024 (Clause 21, Article 3) stipulates: "A Certificate of Land Use Rights and Ownership of Assets Attached to Land is a legal document by which the State confirms the lawful land use rights and ownership of assets attached to land of the person with land use rights and ownership of assets attached to land. Assets attached to land for which a Certificate of Land Use Rights and Ownership of Assets Attached to Land is issued are houses and construction works attached to land as prescribed by law."
This means that, from January 1, 2025, the official name of the land title certificate will be "Certificate of Land Use Rights and Ownership of Assets Attached to Land". In this certificate, assets attached to land include: houses and construction works attached to the land.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will issue specific regulations regarding certificates of land use rights and ownership of assets attached to land.
Therefore, when the Land Law 2024 comes into effect on January 1, 2025, the red book or pink book will still be considered a certificate of land use rights and ownership of assets attached to the land, including houses and structures attached to the land.
According to this law, land ownership certificates issued before January 1, 2025, remain legally valid, so those who received them are not required to go through the procedure of exchanging them, except in cases where they so desire.
Previously, there have been many cases of printing fake land ownership certificates for fraudulent purposes. A common thread in many of these cases is that the perpetrators, needing money, searched online for suppliers to print fake certificates. They then used these fake certificates as collateral, mortgages, or even to borrow money from banks.
For example, in Hoa Binh province , the Lac Thuy District Police recently arrested three individuals for forging and using fake land use right certificates to mortgage and fraudulently seize property. These individuals are: Pham Thi Hoa (born in 1989, residing in Dong Tam commune, formerly an official of the Dong Tam Commune People's Committee); Vu Hong Thuy (born in 1986, residing in Dong Tam commune, formerly an official of the Lac Thuy District People's Committee, who recently resigned); and Do Thi Thu Hoai (born in 1984, residing in Chi Ne town, formerly an official of the Lac Thuy District People's Committee).
The suspects colluded to obtain information on land plots belonging to residents in the district, then contacted individuals outside the district to forge numerous land use right certificates for plots ranging from tens to hundreds of square meters in prime locations within Chi Nê town. All the forged land certificates bore the names of the three suspects.
After forging land use right certificates, the suspects used five fake land titles to fraudulently obtain loans and embezzle money from many people.
Ms. Pham Thi Thanh (born in 1960, residing in Chi Ne town) was defrauded by individuals who used forged land ownership certificates to borrow and embezzle approximately 22 billion VND...
Source
Comment (0)