Accordingly, Decree No. 151/2025/ND-CP regulating the division of authority between local authorities at 2 levels and decentralization in the land sector also clearly states the process and procedures related to land division and consolidation.
Land users submit a set of documents to the dossier receiving agency, including: Application for land division and consolidation according to Form No. 21 issued with this Decree.
drawings for land division and consolidation are made according to Form No. 22 issued with the decree.
This drawing is made by the Land Registration Office, the Branch of the Land Registration Office or by the measuring unit with a License for measurement activities and cadastral map establishment.
The issued certificate (red book) or a copy of the issued certificate with the original for comparison or to submit a notarized, certified copy.
Documents of competent authorities may include the content of land division and consolidation (if any).
Implementation procedures:
In case the dossier receiving agency is specified in the One-stop Department, the dossier shall be transferred to the Land Registration Office (LDO), Branch of the Land Registration Office.
After that, the Land Registration Office or the Land Registration Office Branch will check the dossier and compare it with the provisions of Article 220 of the 2024 Land Law to determine the conditions for land division and land consolidation.
At the same time, check information about land users, boundaries, areas, and types of land of land plots on archival records and records submitted by land users.
In case the dossier does not meet the conditions for land division or consolidation, within 3 working days from the date of receipt of the complete dossier, the Land Registration Office, the Land Registration Office Branch will return the dossier to the land user and clearly notify the reason.
In case the dossier is eligible for land division or consolidation but the issued red book does not have a land plot diagram or has a land plot diagram and the size of the edges is missing or the area and size of the edges are not uniform, within 3 working days from the date of receipt of the complete dossier, the above agencies will return the dossier and clearly notify the land user of the reason for registering land changes.
If the dossier does not fall into the above cases, within 5 working days from the date of receipt of the complete dossier, the Land Registration Office and the Land Registration Office Branch confirm that they are eligible for land division and consolidation with the land plot information in the application for land division and consolidation.
At the same time, confirm the drawings of land division and consolidation to complete the registration and issuance of red books for land plots after division and consolidation. Except for the case of drawings for land division and consolidation by the Land Registration Office, Land Registration Office Branch.
Official information of land plots after division and consolidation is only established and adjusted to the cadastral map after the land user registers the change and is granted a red book for the land plot after division and consolidation.
In case of land division or consolidation without changing the land user, the Land Registration Office and the Land Registration Office Branch shall issue corrections and updates on changes in land records and land database; issue red books for land plots after land division or consolidation.
In case of land division or land consolidation and there is a change in land user, the procedure for registering changes in land and assets attached to land shall be carried out according to regulations.
