A resident reflected that his family was previously granted two Certificates of Land Use Rights for two agricultural land plots with areas of 500m2 and 300m2 respectively.
By 2000, when the locality implemented the policy of land consolidation and exchange, these two land plots were rearranged into a new plot with a total area of 800m2.
Recently, the family applied for a Certificate of Land Use Rights for the land plot after consolidation and exchange, and problems arose. The commune-level People's Committee and the Land Registration Office both said that the dossier was not under their jurisdiction and instructed people to submit it to the provincial level. This makes the family wonder which level of current law requires procedures to be carried out.
Answering this issue, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment said that the 2024 Land Law has specific regulations on the concentration, consolidation, and exchange of agricultural land plots and the issuance of Certificates of Land Use Rights after the plan is approved by competent authorities.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, the authority to issue Certificates of Land Use Rights to households and individuals is assigned to the District People's Committee. After the competent authority signs and issues the certificate, the dossier will be transferred to the Land Registration Office to carry out updates and revisions to the cadastral records and land database according to regulations.
In addition, the law on decentralization and authorization in resolving administrative procedures also allows assigning the task of receiving and resolving dossiers to the commune-level People's Committee depending on the organizational structure in the locality. Therefore, for cases of issuing Certificates of agricultural land use rights after land consolidation and exchange, people do not have to directly submit dossiers to the provincial level, except in special cases prescribed by law.
Thus, people who need to make red books for agricultural land areas after consolidation and exchange should contact the land registration agency or the People's Committee of the commune or district level where the land is located for specific guidance, avoiding unnecessary travel time.
