A teacher reported that in 2010, they purchased land for annual crop cultivation, and the term of use stated in the Land Use Rights Certificate (red book) was December 2022, and they are still using the land.
The citizen wonders if, in this case, the state will extend or reconfirm the land use term according to the 2024 Land Law. If so, what procedures need to be done?
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In response to this query, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment stated that Point a, Clause 1, Article 172 of the 2024 Land Law stipulates: The term for land allocation and recognition of land use rights for individuals directly engaged in agricultural production using land for annual crop cultivation, aquaculture, salt production, perennial crop cultivation, and production forests that are planted forests, within the limit prescribed in Article 176 of this Law, shall be 50 years.
When the land use term expires, individuals can continue to use the land for the prescribed term without having to go through a term extension procedure.
Clause 1 of Article 174 of this Law also states: The term of land use when receiving the transfer of land use rights for land with a term shall be the remaining time of land use of that land lot at the time of transfer.
The extension of land use shall be carried out according to the regulations in Clause 3, Article 172 of this Law.
Especially, in cases of receiving the land use rights for agricultural land within the limit of allocated land of individuals directly engaged in agricultural production through the transfer of land use rights, or receiving the land use rights through a mortgage contract for debt processing, a court judgment, or an enforcement decision of the court, an enforcement decision of the enforcement agency that has been enforced, and the land use term has expired, the land can continue to be used according to the term prescribed in Article 172 without having to go through a term extension procedure.
“Thus, in the case of receiving the land use rights for agricultural land within the limit of allocated land of individuals directly engaged in agricultural production through the transfer of land use rights and the land use term has expired, the land can continue to be used for 50 years without having to go through a term extension procedure,” said the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
Hong Khanh
– 06:00 19/06/2025
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