Expiry date for transferring red book when transferring land use rights

Lawyer Nguyen Thi Thuy, YouMe Law Firm LLC, replied:

Red book is the way people often call for land use right certificates

Point a, Clause 1, Article 133 of the 2024 Land Law stipulates: Registration of changes is carried out in cases where a Certificate of land use rights or a Certificate of house ownership rights and land use rights or a Certificate of house ownership rights or a Certificate of construction ownership rights or a Certificate of land use rights, house ownership rights and other assets attached to land or a Certificate of land use rights and ownership rights of assets attached to land with the following changes:

a) Land users and owners of assets attached to land exercise the rights to convert, transfer, inherit, donate land use rights and assets attached to land; contribute capital with land use rights and assets attached to land; lease, sublease land use rights in infrastructure construction and business projects; transfer projects using land;

Clause 3, Article 133 of the 2024 Land Law stipulates as follows:

In cases of registration of changes specified in Points a, b, i, k, l, m and q, Clause 1 of this Article, within 30 days from the date of change, the land user must register the change with the competent authority; in case of enforcement of a judgment, the change registration period is calculated from the date of handover of the enforcement property, the auctioned property; in case of inheritance of land use rights, the change registration period is calculated from the date of completion of division of land use rights as inherited assets according to the provisions of civil law or from the date the judgment or decision of the Court takes legal effect.

Clause 2, Article 133 of the Land Law also stipulates: Cases of registration of changes specified in Clause 1 of this Article shall be confirmed by competent authorities on the issued or newly issued Certificate of land use rights and ownership of assets attached to land when the land user or owner of assets attached to land has a need.

Thus, the transfer of land use rights and assets attached to land is subject to mandatory implementation of change registration procedures. Within 30 days from the date of change, the land user must register the change with the competent authority.