Citizens should send questions to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment asking, according to the 2024 Land Law, in case of changing the purpose from agricultural land, the authority to issue land use right certificates is carried out by the Branch of the District-level Land Registration Office (old).
Based on Decree 151, what is the authority to issue certificates to individuals when carrying out procedures to change the purpose from agricultural land to residential land?
Responding to this question, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment said that the Government has signed and issued Decree No. 151/2025/ND-CP dated June 12, 2025, regulating the determination of the authority of local authorities at 2 levels, decentralization and delegation in the field of land (effective from July 1, 2025), the order and procedures for changing land use purposes are specifically specified in Section I, Part III issued with Decree No. 151/2025/ND-CP.
The authority to issue Certificates and confirm changes in cases of registration of changes on the Certificate is stipulated in Article 136 of the 2024 Land Law.
For individuals and communities, the People's Committee of the district (now the People's Committee at the commune level) issues a Certificate for the first time; registration of changes is done by the Branch of the Land Registration Office or the Land Registration Office.
The confirmation on the issued Certificate or the issuance of a new Certificate of land use rights and ownership of assets attached to land shall be carried out according to the needs of the land user or owner of assets attached to land as prescribed in Clause 2, Article 133 of the 2024 Land Law.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment informs citizens to know and contact competent authorities in the locality for guidance and resolution according to regulations.
