General obligations of land users under the new law

    Nam Dương |

    Reader email vinhtungxxx@gmail.com asked: According to the 2024 Land Law, what are the obligations of land users?

    Office of Legal Consulting of Lao Dong Newspaper replied:

    Article 31 of the 2024 Land Law (amended), effective from August 2024, stipulates the general obligations of land users as follows:

    1. Use land for the right purpose, within the right plot boundaries, in accordance with regulations on underground depth and overhead height, protect underground public works and comply with other relevant legal provisions.

    2. Carry out land registration declaration; fully carry out procedures when converting, transferring, leasing, subleasing, inheriting, donating land use rights, mortgaging, and contributing capital using land use rights according to the provisions of law.

    3. Fulfill financial obligations regarding land according to the provisions of law.

    4. Implement measures to protect land; treat, improve and restore land in areas polluted and degraded by oneself.

    5. Comply with environmental protection regulations and do not damage the property and legitimate interests of relevant land users.

    6. Comply with the provisions of law on finding objects underground.

    7. Hand over the land when the State decides to reclaim the land according to the provisions of law.

    Thus, from August 1, 2024, land users have the above general obligations.

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