Ms. N.T. T in Gia Lai reflected that point d, clause 2, Article 11 of Resolution 254/2025/QH15 stipulates: "households and individuals who are using land stably and have a temporary land use right certificate issued by a competent state agency from October 15, 1993 onwards, are granted a certificate of land use rights and ownership of assets attached to land according to the provisions of clause 3, Article 137 of the Land Law".
Clause 3, Article 256 of the 2024 Land Law stipulates: "land use right certificates, certificates of house ownership and residential land use rights, certificates of house ownership, certificates of ownership of construction works, certificates of land use rights, house ownership and other assets attached to land that have been issued according to the provisions of land law, housing law, construction law before the date this Law takes effect still have legal value and are not required to be reissued to certificates of land use rights, ownership of assets attached to land. In case of need, they are reissued to certificates of land use rights, ownership of assets attached to land according to the provisions of this Law".
Currently, in Gia Lai province in the period 1993-1997, there are still forms of house ownership certificates No. 178 CN/UB issued by Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee on March 29, 1993.
Some types of certificates with names such as land use right certificates (white paper with black letters, often called white paper; white paper with blue letters, often called green paper), land use right certificate decisions, land allocation papers...
These types of documents were issued by state agencies in the period from 1993 to 1997 but were not in the correct form according to the provisions of the Land Law and the Housing Law at the time of issuance.
From the above-mentioned inadequacies, citizens request state agencies to inform them whether the above-mentioned types of papers still have legal value? Do citizens have to exchange them for land use right certificates (Clause 3, Article 256 of the 2024 Land Law) or not?
The Sub-Department of Land Management, Gia Lai Department of Agriculture and Environment answers as follows:
For documents falling under the cases specified in Clause 3, Article 256 of the 2024 Land Law, they are still legally valid and do not need to be reissued to a certificate of land use rights, ownership of assets attached to land.
In case of need, it can be reissued to a certificate of land use rights, ownership of assets attached to land and the authority to issue certificates of land use rights, ownership of assets attached to land is the branch of the land registration office according to point b, clause 2, Article 136 of the 2024 Land Law.
For documents not falling under the cases specified in Clause 3, Article 256 of the 2024 Land Law, the issuance of certificates of land use rights and ownership of assets attached to land shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Article 137 of the 2024 Land Law, and the authority to issue certificates of land use rights and ownership of assets attached to land is the Chairman of the Commune-level People's Committee according to Point h, Clause 1, Article 5 of Decree No. 151/2025/ND-CP dated June 12, 2025 of the Government.
The Sub-Department of Land Management replied that Ms. T knew and contacted the Commune People's Committee to resolve the dossier according to administrative procedures.
At the same time, inform the People's Committees of communes and wards to implement uniformly throughout the province, avoiding pushing and avoiding responsibility in the process of receiving and resolving land dossiers.
