Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 164 of the 2023 Housing Law, which stipulates notarization, contract certification and effective date of housing contracts:
1. In case of buying, selling, renting, donating, exchanging, contributing capital, mortgaging houses, the contract must be notarized or certified, except for the cases specified in Clause 2 of this Article.
For transactions specified in this clause, the effective date of the contract is the time of completing notarization or certification according to the provisions of the law on notarization and certification.
2. In case of organizing the donation of houses of gratitude, houses of love, houses of solidarity; buying, selling, renting houses belonging to public assets; buying, selling, renting houses with one party as an organization, including: social housing, housing for the People's Armed Forces, housing for resettlement; contributing capital in housing with one party as an organization; renting, borrowing, staying, authorizing the management of housing, it is not necessary to notarize or certify the contract, except in cases where the parties have a need.
For transactions specified in this Clause, the effective time of the contract is agreed upon by the parties; In case the parties do not have an agreement, the effective time of the contract is the time of signing the contract.
3. Housing inheritance documents are notarized or certified according to the provisions of civil law.
4. Notarization of housing contracts is carried out at notary organizations; the notarization of housing contracts is carried out at the People's Committee of the commune where the house is located.
According to the above regulations, in the case of buying and selling social housing with one party as an organization, it is not mandatory to notarize and authenticate the contract, except in cases where the parties have a need.
In short, a social housing sale and purchase contract with one party as an organization is not required to be notarized.
