Red books that are torn and have errors are still considered for correction and exchange according to regulations
Red books that are torn or damaged but show signs of errors are still considered and handled by competent authorities according to regulations on correction and exchange.
A case sent a petition to functional agencies reflecting that the family was granted a Certificate in 1997, now the book is torn and damaged, so procedures for re-issuance are carried out.
However, during the inspection process, functional agencies discovered that the area recorded on the Certificate showed signs of being erased and requested to carry out correction procedures.
From this situation, people wonder whether the correction must be done separately before or can be carried out in the same process as the certificate re-issuance. Besides, the content of concern is also which agency has the authority to receive and process dossiers in case of simultaneous need for correction and re-issuance.
Answering this issue, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment cited Clause 1, Article 152 of the 2024 Land Law, which stipulates that the competent authority issuing the Certificate under Article 136 of the law is responsible for correcting the issued Certificate when there are errors in information about the person being issued or errors in land plots and assets attached to land compared to the declaration and registration dossiers that have been inspected and certified by the land registration agency, or according to the effective document of the competent state agency on resolving land disputes.
Also according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, the regulations in Appendix 01 attached to Decree 151/2025/ND-CP clearly state the cases where certificates can be re-issued, including cases where land users need to renew certificates issued before August 1, 2024 to the model of certificates of land use rights, ownership of assets attached to land; or certificates that have been stained, blurred, torn, or damaged.
This Decree also lists a number of other cases of re-issuance related to land use purposes, land plot location, changes in common property information of husband and wife, information of household members, or changes in edge size, area, land plot number due to measurement without changing boundaries.
In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment cited Clause 1, Article 15 of Decree 49/2026/ND-CP, according to which the Provincial People's Committee is responsible for stipulating the order and administrative procedures for land to implement decentralized cases, and at the same time must clearly stipulate the responsibilities of agencies and competent persons, maximum settlement time, dossier components and implementation forms.
While the locality has not issued this regulation, the Provincial People's Committee will decide on the application of procedures according to previous laws or decide on procedures for each specific case.
Based on the above grounds, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment said that people need to contact competent authorities in their localities to be considered and resolved according to legal regulations. This shows that the receipt and handling of specific dossiers will depend on the order and procedures issued or applied by the locality in the transitional period.
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