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THE GOVERNMENT
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THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No. 99/2022/ND-CP

Hanoi, November 30, 2022

 

DECREE

ON REGISTRATION OF SECURITY INTERESTS

Pursuant to the Law on Government Organization dated June 19, 2015; the Law on amendments to the Law on Government Organization and the Law on Organization of Local Government dated November 22, 2019;

Pursuant to the Civil Code dated November 24, 2015;

Pursuant to the Law on Maritime Code dated November 25, 2015;

Pursuant to the Law on Civil Aviation dated June 29, 2006 and the Law on the amendments to the Law on Civil aviation dated December 11, 2014;

Pursuant to the Land Law dated November 29, 2013;

Pursuant to the Law on Housing dated November 25, 2014; the Law on amendments to Law on amendments to the Law on Public Investment, the Law on Investment under Public-Private Partnerships, the Law on Investment, the Law on Housing, the Law on Procurement, the Law on Electricity, the Law on Enterprises, the Law on special excise duty, and the Law on Enforcement of Civil Judgments dated January 11, 2022;

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At the proposal of the Minister of Justice;

The Government promulgates a Decree on registration of security interests.

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope

1. This Decree sets forth registration of and provision of information on asset-based security interests (hereinafter referred to as security interests); the state management of the registration of security interests.

2. Registration of security interests, provision of information on security interests in securities registered with Vietnam Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation (VSDC) shall comply with law on securities. As for matters not specified in the law on securities, the provisions related to registration of security interests in movable property other than aircraft or seagoing ships in this Decree shall apply.

Article 2. Regulated entities

This Decree applies to agencies, organizations and individuals participating in or related to the registration, provision of information about security interests, and state management of registration of security interests.

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For the purposes of this Decree, these terms below shall be construed as follows:

1. Registration of security interests refers to the recording in a security interest register or entry into a database on security interests by a security interest registry of the use of assets by the grantor to secure performance of an obligation of their own or another person, or also to secure performance of an obligation of their own or another person with the secured party (hereinafter referred to as registration).

2. Provision of information about a security interest means the provision of information about a registered security interest by the registration authority or another competent agency specified in this Decree at the request of the agency, related organizations and individuals or other competent agencies or the provision of information about property by the to the registry.

3. Register means a book used by the registry to record and update the registered information. The register can be a paper book, an electronic book or at the same time a paper book and an electronic book, including:

a) Cadastral register or register of mortgage of off-the-plan assets on land in case of security interest in land use rights or property on land;

b) Vietnam aircraft register in case of security interest in aircrafts;

c) Vietnam sea-going ship register in case of security interest in sea-going ship;

d) Register according to the provisions of law on exploitation and utilization of marine resources, for security interests in the right to use the assigned sea area for aquaculture, property on the assigned sea area for aquaculture (hereinafter referred to as the right to use the sea area, property on the sea area).

4. Security interest database is a collection of data on security interests that have been registered and arranged and organized for access, use and management via electronic means (hereinafter referred as database).

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6. A valid application form for registration is a form that fully and correctly declares the contents according to the form in the Appendix issued with this Decree (hereinafter referred to as the Appendix).

7. The certificate includes:

a) Certificate of ownership of movable property; certificate of registration of motor vehicles, heavy-duty vehicles; other documents certifying ownership of movable property as prescribed by law;

b) Certificate of registration of Vietnamese seagoing ships:

c) Certificate of registration of aircraft ownership;

d) Certificate of land use right or Certificate of ownership of houses and residential land use rights or certificate of land use rights and ownership of houses and other property on land or certificate of land use right or ownership of houses and other property on land or certificate of ownership of houses or construction work that are issued in accordance with the law on land, housing and construction;

dd) Documents certifying the right to use the sea area, the right to own property on the sea area in accordance with the law on exploitation and utilization of marine resources.

8. Registration cancellation is the registration agency's recording or updating in the register or in the database of the non-recognition of registration results from the time the security interest is registered due to grounds for deregistration.

Article 4. Security interests subject to registration

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a) Registration of mortgage of property, pledge of property, title retention as prescribed in the Civil Code, and relevant laws;

b) Registration under the agreement between the grantor and the secured party or at the request of the secured party, except for property lien;

c) Registration of notice of realization of collateral in case an asset is used to secure the performance of many obligations but many parties jointly receive the security or in cases where the grantor and the secured party have reached an agreement;

d) Registration of changes to registered information (hereinafter referred to as change registration); deregistration of registered information (hereinafter referred to as deregistration) for the case specified at Points a, b and c of this Clause.

2. The registration is done at the competent registry specified in Article 10 of this Decree.

Article 5. Principles of registration of and provision of information

1. The registration applicant must declare truthfully and take legal responsibility for the accuracy of the declared information.

2. The registry must strictly comply with its competence, tasks, grounds, procedures and time limit; must not require extra procedures not specified in this Decree; must not require submission of any additional documents or request to declare any additional information that this Decree does not specify in the registration application; must not require modification of the name of the security contract or the content agreed upon in the security contract. The registry shall take legal responsibility in case of violation of this principle.

The registry shall not be responsible for the name of the security contract or the content agreed upon in the security contract; not be held responsible for the registration, registration cancellation or re-registration after deregistration according to the contents of legally effective judgments or decisions of competent agencies or competent persons; shall not be liable for the registration of collateral being disputed assets or civil judgment enforcement assets but before or at the time of recording or updating the registered information in the Register or on the Database and the registry has not received the acceptance document or the document proving the competent authority's acceptance of dispute settlement or civil judgment enforcement.

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4. In case of registration to secure the performance of an obligation of another person or also to secure the performance of an obligation of the grantor and of another person, the grantor must be the person having the land use right or right to use the sea area or is the owner of the collateral, except in the case of title retention.

The security for the performance of an obligation specified in this Clause shall be borne by the grantor and the secured party under their own responsibility as agreed upon in the security contract or in accordance with civil law.

5. As for registration of off-the-plan property; property on land that are not required by law to be registered for ownership and have not been registered as required; assets being annual trees, temporary works; movable property other than aircraft, seagoing ships, securities which have been centrally registered or in case of registration of notice of realization of collateral, the registry shall make the registration on the basis of the information stated in the application form for registration on the website. The registration applicant must take legal responsibility for the legality and accuracy of the information declared on the application form for registration.

6. Information on registered security interests shall be provided upon request or as prescribed by law.

Article 6. Validity time of registration

1. The validity of the registration is determined as follows:

a) The registration of land use rights and property on land is valid from the time when the registry records and updates the registered information in the cadastral register; the registration of property on land specified at Points a and b, Clause 2, Article 25 of this Decree is valid from the time when the registry records and updates the registered information in the Register of mortgage of off-the-plan property on land; the registration of aircraft is valid from the time when the registry records and updates the registered information in the Vietnam Aircraft Register; the registration of seagoing ships is valid from the time when the registry records and updates the registered information in the Vietnam National Register of sea-going ships; the registration of movable property other than aircraft, seagoing ships or securities which have been centrally registered or for the case specified at Point dd, Clause 1, Article 44 of this Decree is valid from the time when it is updated to the Database.

The registration of the right to use the sea area and property on the sea area is valid from the time when the registry records and updates the registered information in the Register or in the Database in accordance with the law on exploitation and utilization of marine resources;

b) The validity period of the registration commences from the validity time of the registration to the time of deregistration.

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c) The registration of changes does not change the validity time or terminate the validity of the registration, except in the case of adding collateral or adding secured obligations or changing information or correcting information due to the fault of the registration applicant about the chassis number of the road motor vehicle and other information specified in Clauses 3, 4, 7 and 8 Article 45 of this Decree, the validity time for the changed content is the time when the registry office records or updates the changed content in the Registry or in the Database.

In case of registration of change of the grantor or the secured party due to the transfer of part of the right to claim debt or a part of the obligation specified in Clause 3, Article 18 of this Decree, it shall not change or terminate the validity of the registration as to the registered content belonging to the part of the right to claim debt, the part of the obligation that the parties do not agree on the transfer;

d) In case of deregistration, the validity of the registration shall cease from the time the registry records and updates the deleted contents in the Registry or in the Database;

dd) Where an asset is used to secure the performance of more than one obligation, the registration for the next obligation shall not change or terminate the validity of the registration for the obligation already registered before;

e) In case of registration cancellation, the registration is not valid. In case a part of registered content is deregistered, it will not change or terminate the validity of the registration for other registered content.

In case the registration has been deregistered but then re-registered according to Clause 3, Article 21 of this Decree, the validity time and validity period of the registration before the deregistration will not change or terminate.

2. The validity against a third party of a security interest already registered with the initial registry shall not terminate in the following cases:

a) The security interest in securities that have not been centrally registered has been registered at a competent authority specified in Clause 5, Article 10 of this Decree, and then this asset becomes centrally registered securities in accordance with regulations of law on securities, continue to be used to secure the performance of obligations for the same secured party or jointly secured parties and be registered at the competent authority specified in Clause 4, Article 10 of this Decree;

b) The security interest in securities that have been centrally registered has been registered at a competent authority specified in Clause 4, Article 10 of this Decree, and then this asset becomes non-centrally registered securities in accordance with regulations of law on securities, continue to be used to secure the performance of obligations for the same secured party or co-secured parties and be registered at the competent authority specified in Clause 5, Article 10 of this Decree;

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d) Mortgage of property rights arising out of house sale contracts or from sale contracts or other contracts on transfer of ownership of other property on land (hereinafter referred to as sale contracts); other property on land) which have been registered with a competent authority specified in Clause 5, Article 10 of this Decree, then transferred to the registration of mortgage of houses or mortgage of other property on land specified at Point b, Clause 1, Point b, Clause 2 and Clause 5, Article 26 of this Decree.

3. In case of duplicate registration as prescribed in Article 49 of this Decree, the validity of the registration shall be determined according to the earliest registration.

4. Registration of notices of realization of collateral is valid from the time the registry records and updates the notices in the Registry or in the Database; shall cease to be effective from the time the registry records, updates the contents of the deleted notice in the Registry or the Database or from the time the security interest is deregistered.

The validity of the registration specified in this Clause is to notify and make public the realization of collateral to the grantor, co-secured parties or to other organizations and individuals; is not a basis for determining the validity of the security interest against a third party.

Article 7. Language used in registration and provision of information

1. Forms, documents and declarations in registration and provision of information must be made in Vietnamese or in both Vietnamese and foreign languages, if so provided for by law.

In case the registration application contains documents in a foreign language, it must be accompanied by a notarized Vietnamese translation or certified translator's signature, except for the cases specified in Clauses 2 and 3 of this Article.

If the documents in the registration application and the request for information provision are made in Vietnamese and a foreign language, the Vietnamese version shall be used for registration and information provision.

In case the languages used in registration and provision of information, subject to relevant laws, are both Vietnamese and a foreign language, and the documents in the registration application and request for information provision are made in both languages, the Vietnamese version and the foreign language version are equally valid. If there is any discrepancy between these two versions, the Vietnamese version shall prevail.

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3. In case the collateral has its proper name that is not in Vietnamese but is consistent with relevant laws of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam or a legally effective decision of the competent authority of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the proper name of the property shall be declared.

4. Documents specified in this Article are not subject to consular legalization.

Article 8. Registration applicants, information requesters

1. The registration applicant includes the secured party, the grantor; the liquidator; asset management enterprise in case the insolvent enterprise or cooperative lends property to another person but fails to apply for registration (hereinafter referred to as the asset management enterprise).

2. The registration applicant in case of change registration includes the person specified in Clause 1 of this Article; new secured party in case of change of secured party; the successor in case the grantor or the secured party is a reorganized legal entity; the new grantor in case of change of the grantor and with the consent of the secured party, unless the new grantor is the successor under the provisions of the Civil Code or another person who has established the right as per the law.

3. The registration applicant in case of deregistration includes the person specified in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article; the legal transferee of the collateral being the land use right, the right to use the sea area, the legal transferee of collateral being other property (hereinafter referred to as the lawful transfer of the collateral) without becoming the new grantor; civil judgment enforcement agencies, executors, other competent authorities, and other competent persons as prescribed by law.

In case the recipient lawfully transfers the collateral or a competent authority, the competent person specified in this Clause only requests the withdrawal of one or a number of collateral in order to deregister this property, this entity shall be identified as the registration applicant in case of change of registration.

4. Registration of pledge of property, deposit, collateralization, or deposit on guarantee in case where the law on performance of obligations stipulates so or there is such an agreement in the security contract, the registration applicant is the secured party, unless otherwise agreed by the grantor and the secured party.

5. The registration applicant of notice of collateral realization is the secured party.

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7. Registration applicants and information requesters specified in this Article may register themselves, make information requests themselves or through their lawful representatives.

In case of registration or information request through a representative, the document containing the representative's content must be included in the registration application, the application for information provision (01 original or 01 certified true copy or 01 original copy with the original for comparison), except for the case of registration through the online registration account of the representative specified in Clause 2, Article 24 of this Decree.

8. Where a branch of a legal entity, a branch or transaction office of a legal entity being a credit institution (hereinafter referred to as branch of juridical person) is assigned by the legal entity to apply for registration, request for information provision under the charter, operating regulations or as authorized or appointed by the legal representative of the legal entity, this branch shall put its name in the application form for registration, information request form as the registration applicant or information requester. In this case, the document containing the legal entity's assignment to the branch to perform the functions of the legal entity in the registration application or request for information provision is a document that must be included in the registration application, the application for registration and the application for information provision (01 original or 01 certified true copy or 01 copy enclosed with the original for comparison).

9. In case the performance of an obligation is secured with property belonging to a sole proprietorship in which the registration applicant is the grantor, the registration applicant may be the owner of the sole proprietorship or the sole proprietorship.

Article 9. Rights and obligations of registration applicants, information requesters

1. Rights of registration applicants, information requesters:

a) Receive registration results, information provision results; check and compare registered and provided information; request the registry specified in Clause 2, Clause 3 or Clause 5, Article 10 of this Decree to issue a copy of the registration certification document, in case the registration falls under this registry;

b) Request the registry to reply in writing about the refusal to register, refuse to cancel registration, refuse to re-register after deregistration or refuse to provide information in accordance with Articles 15, 18, 20, 21 or 51 of this Decree;

c) Request the registry to correct erroneous information in the registered information due to the fault of the registry or request to change information containing errors due to the fault of the registration applicant;

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dd) To be exempt from the obligation to pay fees, pay service charges, and other payment obligations if so required by the law on fees and charges, the law on prices and other relevant laws;

e) File complaints, whistleblowing reports, lawsuits or claims for damages in accordance with relevant laws in case the registry refuses to register, refuses to deregister, or refuses to re-register after deregistration, refuses to provide information specified at point b of this clause or refuses to perform the exemption from the obligation to pay fees, pay service charges or other payment obligations specified at point dd of this clause; make registration for change, deregistration, registration cancellation or re-registration after registration cancellation without justifiable grounds specified in this Decree.

2. Obligations of registration applicants, information requesters:

a) Declare and provide information truthfully, completely and accurately in the application form for registration, information request form and take responsibility for this information; take responsibility for the name of the security contract, the content agreed upon in the security contract, other documents in the registration application;

b) Pay fees, pay service charges and other payment obligations in accordance with the law on fees and charges, the law on prices and other relevant laws; pay transfer fees, charges for using other non-cash payment services (if any) in case of payment of fees, service charges and other payment obligations by non-cash payment; payment of postal service charges in case registration applications, documents, registration results, copies of registration certification documents, information provision results are transferred or paid through the postal services; pay expenses in case of returning registration results, copies of registration certification documents, results of providing information by other means as agreed between the registry and the registration applicant, the information requester specified in Clause 1, Point c, Clause 2, Article 17 and Clause 2, Article 51 of this Decree; provide documents proving that they are exempt from the obligation to pay fees, pay service charges and other payment obligations specified at Point dd Clause 1 and Clause 3 of this Article;

c) Take responsibility for their actions in forging documents, signatures or seals in the registration application;

d) To be responsible for compensation for damage according to the grounds prescribed in the Civil Code and other relevant laws in the case mentioned in Point c of this Clause or in case of failure to register when there are grounds specified in Clause 1 of this Article that causes damage to the registry, to other organizations and individuals.

3. In the case specified at Point dd, Clause 1 of this Article, the registration applicant may choose to provide one of the following documents in the registration application in their discretion: Security contract or credit contract or another document containing information on eligibility to be exempted from the obligation to pay registration fees, service charges and other payment obligations (01 original or 01 certified true copy or 01 copy enclosed with the original for comparison). The submission of documents specified in this Clause is done only once in the registration of the same security interest.

4. Organizations and individuals that search by themselves the information specified at Point b, Clause 2, Article 50 of this Decree have the right to use the granted database user codes to look up information; and are obliged to pay the fee for granting the database user code in accordance with the law on fees and charges.

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1. Land registry affiliated to Services of Natural Resources and Environment, branches of land registry (hereinafter referred to as land registry) shall register and provide information on security interest in land use right and property on land as prescribed in Article 25 of this Decree.

2. The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam affiliated to the Transport Ministry shall register and provide information on security interest in aircrafts as prescribed in Article 38 of this Decree.

3. Vietnam Maritime Administration or Maritime Sub-Administration, Maritime Administration of Vietnam Maritime Administration affiliated to the Ministry of Transport (hereinafter referred to as Vietnam sea-going ship registry) shall register and provide information on security interest in seagoing ships as prescribed in Article 41 of this Decree.

4. VSDC shall register and provide information on security interests in form of centrally registered securities in compliance with law on securities.

5. Transaction and asset registration centers of the National Registration Agency for Secured Transactions affiliated to the Justice Ministry (hereinafter referred to as asset registration center) shall register and provide information about security interest in movable property other than aircraft, sea-going ships, centrally registered securities (hereinafter referred to as movable property) and other cases as prescribed in Article 44 of this Decree.

6. The determination of the authority competent to register and provide information on security interests in the right to use the sea area and property on the sea area shall comply with the provisions of the law on exploitation and utilization of marine resources.

7. The determination of the authority competent to provide information in case organizations and individuals look up information themselves through database user codes and in information provision activities between competent agencies, competent persons with the registry shall comply with the provisions of Clause 2, Article 50 and Article 52 of this Decree.

Article 11. Duties and powers of registry, information provider

1. Register on the case by case basis and according to the competence specified in Articles 4 and 10 of this Decree; issue a copy of the registration certification document for the case specified at Point a, Clause 1, Article 9 of this Decree; correct erroneous information in the registered information.

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3. Refuse to register, refuse to provide information only in cases where there are grounds specified in Articles 15 and 51 of this Decree.

4. Transfer relevant documents to competent agencies for settlement in accordance with law in case documents, signatures and seals in registration application show signs of forgery.

5. Registration cancellation, re-registration after registration cancellation as prescribed in Article 21 of this Decree.

6. Update and store information in records, databases.

7. Collect, pay, manage and use fees, service charges and other payment obligations upon registration and provision of information in accordance with the law on fees and charges, the law on prices and other relevant laws.

8. Lodge complaints and file whistleblowing reports in accordance with law.

Chapter II

PROCEDURES FOR SECURITY INTEREST REGISTRATION

Section 1. GENERAL PROCEDURES

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1. The application form for registration must bear the signature of the authorized person (hereinafter referred to as the signature), the seal (if any) of the grantor and the secured party, except for the following cases:

a) In case of the security contract or amendments thereof that are notarized or authenticated, only the signature and seal (if any) of the grantor or the secured party are required;

b) If the security contract or amendments thereof specifies the registration applicant, only the signature and seal (if any) of the designated party are required;

c) In case of registration of pledge of property, deposit, collateralization, or deposit on guarantee in case where the law on performance of obligations stipulates so or there is such an agreement in the security contract, only the signature and seal (if any) of the secured party are required, unless otherwise agreed in the security contract;

d) If the registration applicant is a liquidator or asset management enterprise, only the signature and seal (if any) of this entity are required;

dd) In case of registration to change information about the secured party or to withdraw the collateral, only the signature and seal (if any) of the secured party are required; in case of registration to change the secured party, only the signature and seal (if any) of the new secured party or the secured party being the successor is required in accordance with the Civil Code or of the successor in case the secured party is a reorganized legal entity;

e) In case of deregistration at the request of the secured party, only the signature and seal (if any) of the secured party are required;

g) In case of deregistration in the cases specified at Points k and l, Clause 1, Article 20 of this Decree, only the signature and seal (if any) of the grantor are required;

h) In case of registration to withdraw collateral or deregistration at the request of the grantor with a document containing the content showing that the secured party agrees to deregister or confirm that the security contract has terminated, has been liquidated or confirmed on the release of the mortgage or other document expressing the will of the secured party to agree to withdraw the collateral, agree to deregister, only the signature and seal (if any) of the grantor are required;

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k) In case of registration to withdraw collateral or deregistration at the request of the legal transferee of collateral with a legally effective contract on sale of auctioned asset, or legal transferee of right to own collateral or a written certification of judgment enforcement results issued by a competent civil judgment enforcement agency (hereinafter referred to as a written certification of judgment enforcement results), on the signature and seal (if any) of the lawful transferee of the collateral are required;

l) In case of transferring registration of mortgage specified at Point b, Clause 1, Point b, Clause 2, and Clause 5, Article 26 of this Decree where the mortgage contract for property rights arising out of the house sale contract or from the contract for sale of other property on land that have contents on transferring registration of mortgage specified in Clauses 3 and 4, Article 26 of this Decree and have been notarized or authenticated, in cases where it is prescribed by law, only the signature and seal (if any) of the secured party are required;

m) In case of registration of notice of collateral realization, only the signature and seal (if any) of the secured party are required.

2. In case a branch of a legal entity is the registration applicant specified in Clause 8, Article 8 of this Decree, the signature and seal (if any) of the legal entity shall be replaced by the signature or seal (if any) yes) of the branch. In case the legal entity changes information about the branch or changes the branch, the signature and seal (if any) of the branch with the changed information or of the new branch shall be substituted for the signature, seal (if any). yes) of the changed branch.

3. In case the performance of obligations is secured with property belonging to a sole proprietorship, the signature on the application form for registration is the signature of the owner of the sole proprietorship, using the seal of the sole proprietorship (if any) if the sole proprietorship is declared as the registration applicant.

4. Where the grantor or the secured party consists of many people, there must be full signatures and seals (if any) of these people, unless there is a document showing that one or a number of grantor(s) or secured party(ies) has/have the right to represent the rest.

5. In case of securing the performance of obligations of another person or at the same time securing the performance of obligations of the grantor and of another person, the application form for registration does not need the signature or seal (if any) of the one having secured obligation.

6. In case Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) or another entity becoming a new secured party but not required to register for change as specified at Point a, Clause 1 of this Article 18 of this Decree is a registration applicant, the signature and seal (if any) of the secured party on the application form for registration is the signature and seal (if any) of this entity. In this case, a document with grounds or content on identification of the new secured party is a document that must be included in the registration application (01 original or 01 certified copy or 01 copy enclosed with the original for comparison).

7. Where the registration applicant is an illiterate individual or a disabled person who cannot sign, then fingerprints point shall be made instead of signing on the application form for registration.

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9. In case the registration application is submitted through the online registration system, the signatures and seals specified in Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 of this Article may be replaced by electronic signatures, electronic seals.

Electronic signatures and electronic seals have the same legal value as signatures and seals used on paper documents (hereinafter referred to as paper copies).

Article 13. Methods of filing registration applications

1. A registration application shall be filed by any of the following methods:

a) via the online registration system;

b) in person or by post;

c) via emails.

2. Methods of filing registration applications specified at Points a and c, Clause 1 of this Article apply to land use rights, property on land, rights to use the sea area, and property on the sea area or for aircraft and sea-going ships in compliance with the law on land, exploitation and utilization of marine resources, aviation or maritime law.

3. The method of filing registration application specified at Point c, Clause 1 of this Article, for registration cases specified in Article 44 of this Decree, applies to persons who have been granted online registration accounts.

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1. If the registration application is submitted in paper form and is valid, the recipient shall record it in the receipt book, issue a note of receipt acknowledgement and appointment of returning result.

2. In case the registration application is filed through the online registration system, the registry shall receive the application and check the application through the online interface. If the registration application is valid, the system will automatically confirm that the organization or individual has successfully filed it and notify about the time of application receipt or make this response, this notice in another way as specified in Clause 2, Article 17 of this Decree.

Article 15. Refusal of registration

1. The registry may refuse to register a security interest in any of the following cases:

a) The security interest falls beyond its registration competence;

b) The registration application is invalid as prescribed in Clause 5, Article 3 of this Decree;

c) The property is ineligible to be used to secure the performance of obligations as prescribed by the Land Law, Housing Law and other relevant laws. If the property is in dispute, the registry may only refuse the registration when a document accepting or justifying the acceptance of settlement of dispute issued by the court or other dispute settlement authority;

d) Information in the registration application is inconsistent with information kept at the registry, except for the cases specified in Clause 8 Article 25, Clause 1 and Clause 3 Article 36 and Article 37 of this Decree;

dd) The information described on the application form for registration for the property specified in Clause 3, Article 5 of this Decree is inconsistent with the information on the Certificate, unless the information described on the application form for registration is consistent with the information being kept at the registration office due to the establishment of a new cadastral map to replace the documents and measurement data used to issue the Certificate but the land user, owner of property on land that has not yet been granted a replacement certificate according to the new cadastral map;

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g) The request for registration of change or deregistration of information on security interests, or notice of collateral realization is not kept at the registry;

h) The registry detects by itself that documents, signatures and seals in the registration application are forged as their ones or receives information with certification from a competent authority that documents, signatures and seals in registration application are forged;

i) Before the time of recording or updating the registered information in the Register or in the Database, the registry receives a written notice from the civil judgment enforcement agency or the enforcer stating the distraint of the collateral or request the suspension or use of the registration of the property of which the grantor is the judgment debtor in accordance with the law on civil judgment enforcement; receive a written request from a presiding authority or officer or from another competent agency or another competent person requesting not to register in accordance with regulations of law.

The provisions at this point do not apply in cases where the National Assembly's Resolution on handling bad debts of credit institutions or relevant laws stipulate otherwise;

k) The registration applicant does not pay the registration fee, unless otherwise provided by the law on fees and charges or other relevant laws.

2. The registry may refuse to register only when there are grounds prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article and shall take responsibility in accordance with relevant laws in case of groundless refusal to register.

In case there are grounds for refusal of registration, the registry shall make the refusal within working days of receiving the application or within the working day on which it receives documents from competent agencies or competent persons specified in Points c, h and i, Clause 1 of this Article; if the time of receipt is after 15:00 of the same day, it can be done in the next working day.

The refusal must be made in writing, clearly stating the grounds for refusal to register. In case of refusal to register according to the grounds specified at Points b, d or dd, Clause 1 of this Article, the refusal document must contain instructions on the contents to be completed and supplemented.

3. In case of registration but the new registry receives a document from a competent agency or a competent person specified at Point i, Clause 1 of this Article, the registry shall notify in writing that the registration has been completed to the agency or person who has a written request.

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Article 16. Time limit for processing registration application

1. The registry is responsible for processing the registration application within the working day on which it receives the valid application; if the application is received after 15:00 of the same day, the registration can be done in the next working day. If the registry has a legitimate reason to extend the processing time for the application, the time limit for processing the application shall not exceed 03 working days from the date of receipt of a valid application. In this case, the registry must send a notice with explanation to the registration applicant in paper or electronic document (hereinafter referred to as electronic version) or in another convenient form to the. registration applicant and in accordance with the conditions of the registry as soon as there is a good reason.

2. In case the registration application of land use rights and property on land is filed through the Department of reception and result return of administrative procedures, the provincial-level public administration service center (hereinafter referred to as the single window division), People's Committee of commune, ward, township (hereinafter referred to as commune), the time limit for processing the application shall commence from the time when the land registry receives the valid application.

3. Time not included in the time limit specified in Clause 1 of this Article includes:

a) Time of occurrence of natural disaster, epidemic, fire, online registration system failure, power grid failure, internet failure or other force majeure events as written or decided by the competent authority that prevent the registry from carrying out the registration according to the procedures and time limit specified in this Decree. In this case, the registry must immediately send a notice within the working day of the event or within the same working day that it receives the document or decision of the competent authority in the form of posting it at the head office of the registry and post it on the website of the regulatory body, the registry (if any) or another convenient form to the registration applicant and suitable to the conditions of the registry;

b) The time period for the registry to carry out the procedures specified in Clause 2, Article 35 of this Decree.

Article 17. Return of registration results

1. In case of registration at the Center for Registration of Transactions and Assets, the registration results shall be returned in electronic or paper copies at the request of the registration applicant. The grant of copies of registration results shall comply with Article 22 of this Decree.

The return of registration results, paper copies of registration results specified in this Clause and Article 22 of this Decree can be done in person at the registry, via postal service or by other means agreed upon by the registry and the registration applicant in accordance with law.

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a) In person at the registry.

If the application was filed at the single-window division or the People’s Committee of commune, the applicant for registration shall receive results at these authorities;

b) Via postal service;

c) By electronic means, if so provided for by law; other methods agreed upon by the registry and the registration applicant in accordance with law.

3. If the registration application contains the master copy or the original of Certificate, the registry shall return this Certificate to the registration applicant together with the registration result.

4. In case the registration results are returned electronically, the electronic results have the same legal validity as the paper results.

Article 18. Case of registration of changes

1. An applicant shall submit a change application for registration upon occurrence of any of the following cases:

a) Change of the grantor or the secured party due to withdrawal, addition, replacement, inheritance due to the reorganization of the legal entity, inheritance under the Civil Code or establishment of rights in accordance with the law, except for cases where the law on organization and operation of VAMC or other entities that other relevant laws on non-requirement of change registration of the secured party; change of the first or last name, name of the grantor, change of the first or last name, name of the secured party;

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c) Adding new property, replaced property, which becomes the collateral as agreed in the written agreement on amendments to the security contract or as prescribed by law and the previously registered information does not include this property;

d) Withdrawing collateral;

dd) Collateral being off-the-plan property that has been already formed is granted an ownership certificate as prescribed by law;

e) Correcting erroneous information in the declared information on the application form for registration due to the fault of the registration applicant;

g) Supplementing the secured obligation in case the original security contract does not contain any content about securing the future obligation;

h) Other cases at the request of the registration applicant to change the information declared on the application form for registration.

2. In case of change of the grantor or the secured party specified at Point a, Clause 1 of this Article due to the transfer of the right to collect debts, receivables, the other right to demand payment or the transfer of another civil obligation (hereinafter referred to as transfer of the right to collect debt, transfer of obligations), the notarization and authentication of the document on transfer of the right to collect debt or transfer of obligations shall be agreed upon by the transferor and the transferee.

3. In case of change of the secured party specified at Point a, Clause 1 and Clause 2 of this Article, related to many registered security interests with the same secured party, the registration applicant shall submit a set of registration application of changes and a list of documents declared according to Form No. 01dd or Form No. 02dd in the Appendix corresponding to the security interest registered for change.

In case of change of grantor, the secured party due to transfer of a part of the right to collect debt or transfer of a part of an obligation, the registration applicant shall register the change of the grantor or the secured party within the scope of the part of the debt collection right and the part of the obligation to be transferred.

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5. The registry or other competent agency may not request registration of changes or request deregistration of registered information that is not within the scope of registration of changes according to Clause 1 of this Article or not in the part of the right to collect debt or the part of the obligation to be transferred as prescribed in Clause 3 of this Article.

Article 19. Correction of erroneous information in the registered information

In case the information in the registered information does not match the information declared on the application form for registration due to the registry's fault, this agency is responsible for correcting it as soon as it detects that there is erroneous information to match the application form for registration, and also notify the correction in writing according to Form No. 07a, Form No. 07d, Form No. 10b or Form No. 10c in the Appendix to the registration applicant. The results of the correction do not change or terminate the validity of the registration.

In case the correction of erroneous information in the registered information due to the fault of the registration applicant, the correction of this information shall be carried out according to the procedures for registration of changes specified in this Decree.

Article 20. Deregistration

1. A registration applicant shall submit an application for deregistration in any of the following cases:

a) As agreed between the grantor and the secured party;

b) The entire secured obligation is terminated;

c) The entire content or part of the content of the security contract is deregistered but the deregistered content contains the registered security interest;

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dd) The collateral no longer exists as it is contributed as capital to a commercial legal entity or a non-commercial legal entity being a social enterprise; is replaced, transferred, consolidated, merged, mixed; assembled, manufactured or otherwise processed; is recovered, destroyed, totally lost, demolished, confiscated or in other cases as prescribed by the Civil Code and other relevant laws.

If the collateral no longer falls into the case specified at this point but a new property arises or is replaced by a new property and this property is used to secure the performance of an obligation as agreed in the security contract or according to law, the registry shall not carry out the deregistration but to carry out the change registration according to the case specified at Points b, c, d and dd, Clause 1, Article 18 of this Decree;

e) The collateral has been completely realized by the secured party in accordance with the law on performance of obligations or has been realized by a civil judgment enforcement agency in accordance with the law on performance of civil judgment enforcement;

g) Property on land with annual rental payment is currently a collateral but the State appropriates the land without compensation for the property on land.

In case the property mentioned in this point has newly arisen property or replaced by new property and is exchanged for compensation by the State for property on land, the registration shall be carried out in accordance with point dd of this clause;

h) The collateral is an aircraft that is no longer registered under Vietnamese nationality;

i) Collateral is an annual tree that is harvested, is a temporary work that is demolished, but the registered information does not include yields or other property obtained from the annual tree harvest or obtained from demolition of the temporary work;

k) The mortgagee of land use rights and property on land of land-using individuals or households being an economic organization other than credit institution becomes a foreign-invested enterprise; the mortgagee being is a Vietnamese citizen becomes a foreign citizen and does not transfer the right to receive collateral to another organization or individual that fully meets the conditions prescribed by the law of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, unless the Land, Housing Law, other relevant laws and other regulations otherwise stipulate;

l) The secured party is a legal entity dissolved in accordance with law;

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n) Registration of mortgage of property rights arising from a house sale contract or from a contract for the sale of other property on land has been converted to registration of house mortgage or mortgage of other property on land specified at Point b, Clause 1, Point b, Clause 2 and Clause 5, Article 26 of this Decree.

2. In case of deregistration specified at Point m, Clause 1 of this Article, if no person requests the deregistration, based on the contents of the court's judgment or decision, within the working day on which this document is received, the registry shall record and update the deregistration in the Register or in the Database.

At least 1 working day from the date of deregistration, the registry shall notify in writing the deregistration using Form No. 07a, Form No. 07d, Form No. 10b or Form No. 10c in the Appendix to the Court that has issued the judgment, decision and to the grantor, the secured party, or another person holding the Certificate (if any); the written notice shall clearly state the grounds for deregistration and the time of termination of registration.

In case of deregistration at the land registry, the written notice must request the Certificate holder to return this paper for the land registry to write on the Certificate the deregistration.  In case the Certificate is not returned, the deregistration will still take effect from the time the Land registry records and updates the deregistered information in the Register.

In case of deregistration specified at Point m, Clause 1 of this Article at the request of the deregistration applicant, the effective judgment or decision of the Court is a document that must be included in the registration application (01 original or 01 certified copy).

3. case of deregistration specified at Point n, Clause 1 of this Article, within the working day of receiving the document specified at Point c, Clause 5, Article 35 of this Decree, Center for Registration of Transactions and Assets shall proactively carry out the deregistration of mortgage of property rights arising from the house sale contract or deregistration of the mortgage of property rights arising from the contract of sale of other property on land.

In the case of registration specified at Point a, Clause 2, Article 6 of this Decree, on the day of receiving the results of registration of security interest in centrally registered securities, Center for Registration of Transactions and Assets shall proactively carry out the deregistration of security interest in non-centrally registered securities.

4. Where a security interest has been registered but the collateral is used to secure the performance of another obligation, when registering for a new obligation, the registry may not request deregistration of the previously registered security interest.

5. In case of deregistration related to many registered security interests with the same secured party, the registration applicant shall submit a set of application for deregistration and a list of documents declared according to Form No. 01dd or Form No. 02dd in the Appendix corresponding to the security interest to be deregistered.

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1. The registration cancellation is done in the following cases:

a) The security interest was registered but the registry receives a legally effective court judgment or decision that the registration must be deregistered in whole or in part;

b) The registered security interest is found by the registry to be in the case of registration refusal specified at Point a or h, Clause 1, Article 15 of this Decree. In the case specified at Point h, Clause 1, Article 15 of this Decree, the registry shall cancel all registered information;

c) Handling of duplicate registration specified in Article 49 of this Decree.

2. Right within the working day with grounds specified in Clause 1 of this Article, the registry shall:

a) Record and update the cancelled information in the Register or in the Database;

b) Send a written notice of registration cancellation according to Form No. 07a, Form No. 07d, Form No. 10b or Form No. 10c in the Appendix to the Court specified at Point a, Clause 1 of this Article and to the grantor, the secured party, and another Certificate holder (if any). The written notice must clearly state the grounds for registration cancellation and the non-recognition of registration results on the issued registration certification document (if any) or on the application form for registration certified by the registry.

In case of registration cancellation at the land registry, the written notice must request the Certificate holder to return this paper for the land registry to write on the Certificate the registration cancellation.  In case the Certificate is not returned, the registration cancellation will still be valid.

3. In case the registration has been cancelled according to Clause 2 of this Article and the registry receives a legally effective judgment or decision from the Court or another competent agency on the re-registration, the registry shall record and update the registered information in the Register or in the Database.

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In case the registration cancellation is carried out as prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article but the cancelled information has not been recorded on the Certificate, after the registration cancellation is re-registered, the land registry shall send a written notice to the holder of the Certificate that the registration results stated in the Certificate have not been changed or the validity of the registration has not been terminated.

4. case the collateral is an aircraft with the grounds specified at Point a, Clause 1 of this Article, the registration shall be cancelled according to the Civil Aviation Law of Vietnam.

Article 22. Issuance of a copy of the registration certification document

1. The registration applicant specified in Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, Article 8 of this Decree has the right to request the registry that has issued the registration certification document to issue a copy of the registration certification document using Form No. 08d, Form No. 11b or Form No. 11c in the Appendix.

2. Requests for issuance of copies of registration certification documents shall be made by any of the methods specified in Article 13 of this Decree.

3. The time limit for granting a copy of the registration certification document is specified in Clauses 1 and 3, Article 16 of this Decree; the return of copy shall be made in the manner specified in Article 17 of this Decree.

An electronic copy of the registration certification document has the same legal value as the paper version and has the same legal value as the original.

4. Where the registration applicant requests Center for Registration of Transactions and Assets to send a copy of the registration certification document enclosed with the Notice of registration of mortgage or of registration of changes or of the registration or deregistration for road motor vehicles, inland waterway vehicles, railway vehicles, fishing vessels, and other movable property to the authority for registration of ownership, use right or registration of property circulation rights, the Center for Registration of Transactions and Assets shall send these documents to relevant agencies.

Documents specified in this Clause may be issued in paper or electronic copies upon request. In case of electronic version, it can be connected and shared according to Clause 4, Article 53 and Clause 1, Article 58 of this Decree.

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Article 23. Issuance of online registration accounts

1. Online registration applicant shall be granted an online registration account by the competent authority specified in Clause 3 of this Article (hereinafter referred to as account).

An account is only granted to one organization or individual, which can be a regular-use account or a one-time-use account in the registration at the request of the applicant. The account holder shall take legal responsibility for the accuracy and legitimacy of the information to be declared in order to be granted the account and be responsible for the use of the account.

2. The applicant may apply for issuance of an account through the online registration or send an application form using Form No. 01e in the Appendix to the competent authority specified in Clause 3 of this Article.

3. The National Registration of Secured Transactions under the Ministry of Justice has the authority to grant accounts for the registration cases specified in Article 44 of this Decree.

The competent authority that issues an account in the case of registration specified in Articles 25, 38 and 41 of this Decree or registration of a security interest in right to use the sea area or property on the sea area shall comply with the law on land, aviation, marine or the law on exploitation and utilization of marine resources.

Article 24. Online registration procedures

1. The registration applicant uses the account to log in to the online registration system and declare information and authenticate the registration application according to the process on the online registration interface. Where it is required by law that the registration application must be attached to an electronic copy, the registration applicant shall attach this document, except for the case specified in Clause 5, Article 46 of this Decree.

The registration applicant shall pay the registration fee according to the process on the online registration interface or according to the payment method prescribed in the law on fees and charges and other relevant laws.

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The time limit for processing online registration application and returning registration results is specified in Clauses 1 and 3, Article 16 of this Decree.

2. In case the grantor or secured party makes online registration through the representative's account, the representative must declare the information of the authorized party's account number.  Information about the registered security interest must be updated to the account of the authorized party, not to the account of the representative.

3. If there are grounds for refusal of registration specified in Clause 1, Article 15 of this Decree, the registry shall refuse to register through the online registration interface or send a written notice to the registration applicant.

4. Where the law on land, exploitation and utilization of marine resources, on aviation or the law on maritime provides other provisions on online registration procedures as prescribed in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article, these provisions shall prevail.

Section 2. PROCEDURES FOR REGISTRATION OF SECURITY INTEREST IN LAND USE RIGHTS OR PROPERTY ON LAND

Article 25. Registration falling under the authority of the land registry

1. Cases subject to registration:

a) Mortgage of land use rights;

b) Mortgage of house, property on land whose ownership has been stated in the Certificate;

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d) Registration of change or deregistration for the case specified at Points a, b and c of this Clause.

2. Cases subject to registration on request:

a) Mortgage of off-the-plan houses, other off-the-plan property on land;

b) Mortgage of existing property on land other than a house that is not required to be registered by law and has not yet been registered as required, except for the case specified in Clause 9 of this Article;

c) Transfer of registration of mortgage of property rights arising from a house sale contract or from a contract for the sale of other property on land to registration of mortgage of houses or mortgage of other property on land;

d) Registering notices of realization of collateral being land use rights and property on land;

dd) Registration of change or deregistration for the case specified at Points a, b and c of this Clause.

3. Off-the-plan houses, off-the-plan property on land specified in this Article include:

a) Houses, construction works in projects on building houses and detached houses that are in the process of investment and construction and have not yet been accepted and put into use as per the Law on Housing; non-residential construction works as per the law on construction, real estate business and other relevant laws;

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4. Registration of reservation of ownership of houses and other property on land or registration of pledge of property on land shall be carried out in cases where the Land Law so provides.

5. In case the investor only mortgages property on land under the investment project excluding the land use rights, or mortgages the property on land under the investment project, but the investor is not the land user, or mortgage property on land under investment project performed on leased land with annual land rents, it shall comply with the regulations on registration of property on land in this Decree.

6. The registration can be applied simultaneously in the same registration application for one, several or all types of assets specified in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article and only requires one application form for registration in the same registration application. In case one or several assets in this registration application have a separate Certificate, the registration procedures shall be carried out on the specific Certificate of each asset.

7. In case an applicant registers mortgage of an off-the-plan house or other property on land under their ownership, but this property was in an investment project already mortgaged and registered of mortgage by the investor, the land registry shall register the mortgage only if it falls under the case specified in Clause 6, Article 36 of this Decree.

8. In case the information on the Certificate is not consistent with the information kept at the registry, but the registration applicant declares the description of the collateral consistent with the information on the Certificate, the land registry shall register according to the contents declared on the application form for registration, unless otherwise provided for by the Land Law, Housing Law or other relevant laws.

9. In case the property attached to the land specified in this Article is annual trees as prescribed by the Law on Cultivation, or a temporary construction work under the provisions of the Law on Construction, the registration shall be carried out according to Section 4 of this Chapter.

Article 26. Transfer of registration of mortgage of property rights arising from house sale contracts or from contracts on sale of other property on land

1. In case of transferring mortgage of property rights arising from the house sale contract which has been registered with the Center for Registration of Transactions and Assets to mortgage of off-the-plan houses or to mortgage of a house which has been issued with a Certificate and has the same secured party, the registration applicant may choose to:

a) Deregister mortgage of property rights arising from a house sale contract at the Center for Registration of Transactions and Assets and then register mortgage of off-the-plan house or register mortgage of house that has already been issued with the Certificate; or

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2. In case the mortgage of property rights arising from a detached house sale contract has been registered in accordance with the Law on Housing, and then the mortgagor is granted a Certificate, the mortgagor and the mortgagee have reached an agreement on the continuation of the house mortgage and the additional mortgage of land use rights, they may choose to:

a) Deregister mortgage of property rights arising from the house sale contract and register mortgage of land use rights and houses; or

b) Transfer registration as prescribed at Point b, Clause 1 of this Article and register mortgage of land use rights.

3. In case there is a request for registration transfer specified at Point b, Clause 1 and Point b, Clause 2 of this Article, the application for transfer of mortgage registration includes:

a) A request form, made according to Form No. 05a in the Appendix (01 original);

b) Registration certification document of mortgage of property rights arising from the house sale contract (01 original);

c) Contract on mortgage of property rights arising from house sale contract (01 original or 01 certified true copy);

d) Mortgage contract of off-the-plan house (01 original or 01 certified true copy) for transfer to mortgage of off-the-plan house, except for mortgage contract of property rights arising from a house sale contract that has content on transfer to mortgage of off-the-plan house.

The house mortgage contract (01 original or 01 certified true copy) for the transfer to mortgage of a house that has been granted a Certificate, except for the case specified in Clause 4 of this Article;

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4. In case of transfer to registration of mortgage of a house that has been granted a Certificate but the contract of mortgage of property rights arising from the house sale contract contains an agreement on the transfer of registration of house mortgage in a case where this house has been granted a Certificate and this contract has been notarized and authenticated, the registration applicant is not required to submit the house mortgage contract, the registration application shall comply with Points a and l, Clause 1, Article 12 of this Decree.

In case the house has not yet been issued with a Certificate, the registration applicant may submit both the registration application of changes in property on land and the application for transfer of registration of house mortgage or register the changes in property on land before transferring to registration of house mortgage. In case the application for transfer of registration of house mortgage is filed together with the registration application of changes in property on land, the registry shall comply with Clause 2, Article 35 of this Decree.

5. In case the mortgage of property rights arising from the sale contract of non-residential property on land has been registered but there is a request for transfer to registration of mortgage of non-residential property on land, the provisions of Clauses 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Article shall apply.

In case of transfer of registration of mortgage of existing non-residential property on land that is not required by law for registration of ownership rights and has not yet been registered as required, the provision of transfer of registration of off-the-plan house mortgage.

6. In the case of transfer of registration specified at Point b, Clause 1, Point b, Clause 2 and Clause 5 of this Article, the competent agency or organization may not request deregistration of mortgage of property rights arising from contract for sale of houses, property rights arising from other property on land when carrying out procedures for notarization and certification of house mortgage contract or contract for mortgage of other property on land and when carrying out the procedures for transferring mortgage registration.

Article 27. Registration application for certified ownership of land use rights and property on land

1. An application form, made according to Form No. 01a in the Appendix (01 original).

2. The security contract or the security contract that is notarized or authenticated, in case the Law on Land, the Law on Housing and other relevant laws so stipulate (01 original or 01 certified true copy).

3. Certificate (original), except for the case specified in Clause 2, Article 35 of this Decree.

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1. A registration application for a project on residential construction or construction of non-residential works includes:

a) Documents prescribed in Clause 1 and Clause 2 Article 27 of this Decree;

b) Certificate (original) or Decision on land allocation or land lease issued by a competent authority to the investor in case the collateral is a residential construction project without a Certificate for land use rights (01 original); Certificate (original) in case the collateral is a project on construction of non-residential work;

c) A construction permit, except for the case where a construction permit is exempted under the Construction Law (01 original or 01 certified true copy);

d) The decision on approval of the project or the decision on investment in the project or the investment license or the investment registration certificate or the document on approval or permission for the execution of project issued by a competent authority in accordance with the law on investment (01 original or 01 certified true copy);

dd) One of drawings as per the law on construction demonstrating construction site of project that has been approved by the competent authority (01 original or 01 certified copy);

2. Registration application for agricultural investment project, forest development project, or other projects using land other than those specified in Clause 1 of this Article includes:

a) Documents prescribed in Clause 1 and Clause 2 Article 27 of this Decree and point d clause 1 of this Article;

b) Certificate (original).

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1. In case the grantor is the investor and also the land user, the registration application includes:

a) Documents prescribed in points and b Clause 1 Article 28 of this Decree;

b) Construction permit (01 original or 01 certified true copy) for collateral being off-the-plan house, off-the-plan construction work, except for cases where a permit is exempted as per the law on construction; one of the types of design drawings as prescribed by the law on construction showing the premises of the construction work in that project has been approved by the competent authority (01 original or 01 certified copy).

2. In case the grantor is the investor and not also the land user, the registration application includes:

a) Documents prescribed in point a and point b Clause 1 and Clause 2 Article 28 of this Decree and point b clause 1 of this Article;

b) Notarized or authenticated written agreement between the land user and the investor on the land user's consent for the project execution (01 original or 01 certified true copy).

3. In case the grantor is a lawful transferee of ownership of off-the-plan assets or is the transferee of a contract for sale of house, construction work or other property on land, a registration application includes:

a) Documents prescribed in Clause 1 and Clause 2 Article 27 of this Decree;

b) Contract or document on legal transfer of ownership of house, construction work and other property on land signed between the grantor and the investor; contract or document on transfer of contract of sale of house, construction work and other property on land in case the grantor is the transferee of the contract (01 original or 01 certified true copy).

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1. In case the grantor is the investor and also the land user, the registration application includes:

a) Documents prescribed in Clause 1 and Clause 2 Article 27 of this Decree;

b) Certificate of land use right (original);

c) Construction permit (01 original or 01 certified true copy) for mortgage of off-the-plan house, off-the-plan construction work, except for cases exempted from permits according to regulations of the Construction Law.

2. In case the grantor is the investor and not also the land user, the registration application includes:

a) Documents prescribed in Clause 1 and Clause 2 Article 27 of this Decree and point c clause 1 of this Article;

b) A notarized or authenticated written agreement between the land user and the owner of the property on land on the consent of the land user for the construction or establishment of house and other property on land (01 original or 01 certified true copy).

Article 31. Registration application for existing non-residential property on land, ownership of which is not required by law to be registered and has not been registered as required

1. Documents prescribed in Clause 1 and Clause 2 Article 27 of this Decree.

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3. A construction permit (01 original or 01 certified true copy) in case the collateral is a construction work, except for the case where a construction permit is exempted under the Construction Law.

Article 32. Application for registration of changes to land use rights or property on land

1. An application form, made according to Form No. 02a in the Appendix (01 original).

2. One of the following documents (01 original or 01 certified true copy):

a) A document on amendment to the security contract in case of registration of changes as agreed in this document;

b) A document on transfer of the right to collect debts or transfer of obligations in case of registration of changes due to the transfer of the right to collect debts or transfer of obligations;

c) Other documents certifying prove that there are grounds for registration of changes for cases not specified at Points an and b of this Clause.

3. Certificate (original) in case the collateral has a Certificate.

4. In case of registration of changes specified at Point b, Clause 1, Article 18 of this Decree, in addition to the documents specified in Clause 1 of this Article, the registration application also includes a Certificate of land use right or a Certificate of ownership of house, construction work and other property on land in case such property has been granted a Certificate.

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1. An application form, made according to Form No. 03a in the Appendix (01 original).

2. Certificate (original) in case the collateral has a Certificate.

3. In case the applicant for deregistration is not the secured party and there is no signature or seal (if any) of the secured party on the application form, apart from the documents specified in Clause 1, and Clause 2 of this Article also submit the following documents (01 original or 01 certified true copy):

a) A document showing that the secured party agrees to deregister or certify that the security contract has been terminated or liquidated, or showing confirmation of the release of the security in case the applicant for deregistration is the grantor;

b) Contract or other legally effective document evidencing the lawful transfer of collateral in case the applicant for deregistration is the legal transferee of the collateral, except for cases specified in point c of this clause;

c) The auctioned asset sale contract that has been legally effective or written certification of judgment enforcement results in case the applicant for deregistration is a civil judgment enforcement agency, enforcer or; the applicant for deregistration or the purchaser of collateral in collateral realization in accordance with the law on civil judgment enforcement;

d) A competent authority's document stating that the secured party being an economic organization other than a credit institution becomes a foreign-invested enterprise or a Vietnamese citizen becomes a foreigner in the case of deregistration specified at Point k, Clause 1, Article 20 of this Decree;

dd) The written certification of the competent authority on the dissolution of the legal entity in the case of deregistration specified at Point l, Clause 1, Article 20 of this Decree.

Article 34. Application for registration of notice of collateral realization

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2. Written notice of collateral realization (01 original).

3. In case of registration of change or deregistration of notice of collateral realization, the application includes an application form made according to Form No. 04a in the Appendix (01 original).

Article 35. Procedures for processing registration application for land use rights, property on land, transfer of registration of mortgage of property rights arising from house sale contracts or from property on land sale contracts

1. After receiving the registration application, if there is no ground to refuse the registration specified in Clause 1, Article 15 of this Decree, the land registry shall record and update the registration information in the correct order of receiving application in the Register and the Certificate. After recording in the Register and the Certificate, certify the registration information and registration time (hour, minute, day, month, year) on the application form for registration.

The register of mortgage of off-the-plan property on land is made according to Form No. 08a in the Appendix.

2. In case the registration application of security interest is filed at the same time as the registration application of changes in land, property on land or with the application for certification of ownership of property on land as prescribed in Clause 1, Clause 7 of Article 36 and Clause 3 Article 37 of this Decree, the land registry shall receive both applications; carry out procedures for registration of land and property on land in accordance with the law on land, then carry out procedures for registration of security interests as prescribed in this Decree.

3. In case of registration of changes since the off-the-plan house or other property on land has been formed in the case specified at Point dd, Clause 1, Article 18 of this Decree, the grantor shall file both the application for registration of changes and the application for certification of property ownership. In this case, the land registry shall receive both applications; after completing the procedures for certification of ownership, the land registry shall record and update it in the Cadastral Register, Certificate that the property on land that has been formed and with ownership certified shall be further used as collateral.

4. In case the registration changes due to withdrawal of collateral, the land registry shall record and update the information of deregistration for the withdrawn collateral in the Register and Certificate.

5. In case of transfer of registration specified at Point b, Clause 1, Point b, Clause 2 and Clause 5, Article 26 of this Decree, the land registry shall do the following:

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b) In case of transfer to registration of mortgage of a house that has been granted a Certificate or to registration of mortgage of other property on land that has been granted a Certificate, the land registry shall record and update the transferred information to the Cadastral register and the Certificate. The time of registration is recorded according to the time of registration of mortgage of property rights shown in the written certification of registration of mortgage of property rights arising from a house sale contract or from a contract of sale of other property on land;

c) Send a copy of the application form for transfer of mortgage registration as prescribed in Point a or point b of this Clause and a document prescribed in Point b Clause 3 Article 26 of this Decree to Centers for Registration of Transactions and Assets for the purpose of deregistration of mortgage of property right arising out of housing purchase contract or deregistration of mortgage of property rights arising from a contract for sale of other property on land.

Article 36. Change in information about the grantor, change in the collateral being land use rights or property on land

1. The registration applicant may submit the registration application of security interest at the same time with the registration application of changes in land and property on land, or register the change in land and property on land before registering the security interest in case of any change in the following information:

a) Changes in the number of the map sheet, the number of the land plot, the address of the land plot that are not consistent with the information on the Certificate due to the rearrangement of administrative divisions, consolidation and change of plots, measurement and re-determination shape, size and area of the land plot;

b) Changes in the existing condition of the type of house (or type of construction), the name of the building (or the name of the construction work), the number of floors or information about other property on land, resulting in no longer being suitable for the information on the Certificate;

c) Change of information about the first or last name of the grantor, including changes due to a document from a competent authority.

2. In case the application form for registration does not declare information about the shape, size or area of the land plot, house, construction work or other property on land, and there is a change in such information on the Certificate, the registration applicant is not required to register the change.

3. If there is a change in information specified at Point b, Clause 1 of this Article, but the registration applicant fails to register the change in property as per the law on land, the land registry shall register a security interest on the basis of information about the collateral on the granted Certificate and shall not be responsible for the registration of security interest in respect of the collateral not suitable for its existing condition; the grantor and the secured party are responsible for the registration of the security interest in the property that has been changed but failing to register the change in accordance with the law on land.

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In case the certificate is replaced, or a new certificate is issued, the land registry shall record the information of registration of security interest in the newly issued certificate.

In case the collateral being an off-the-plan house, construction work or other property on land has already been formed and has a Certificate, and there is an application for registration of change, the land registry shall record the information of registration in the Certificate issued for this property.

5. In case of change of grantor or change of name or change of full name of the land user, house owner, construction work owner or owner of other property on land, including a change due to a document from a competent authority that requires registration of a change in this information, the land registry shall not require deregistration before registering the change.

6. In case the investor has mortgaged and registered to mortgage a project on building houses or off-the-plan houses, a project on building non-residential works, an agricultural investment project, a forest development project, another project using land or construction works under these projects, before signing a contract for sale of houses or construction works in the project, the investor must release the collateral for sale and carry out the procedures for registration of changes in order to withdraw a part of the collateral being houses or construction works, unless the mortgage lender and the collateral purchaser reach an agreement on continued use of the collateral to secure the performance of an obligation, the change of grantor shall be registered under Point a, Clause 1, Article 18 of this Decree.

7. In case a land user or a third person creates a construction work or other property on land that is not part of the collateral as agreed in the security contract and has a need to supplement this property to secure the performance of obligations, the procedures for certification of ownership must be carried out before registration of changes in order to supplement collateral if this property is subject to registration of ownership rights, except for the case of security by off-the-plan property. The registration applicant may submit an application of certification of ownership of property on land and an registration application of changes at the same time.

8. Register for changes to withdraw a part of collateral being recovered, demolished, destroyed or confiscated and also add collateral for land use rights, houses and construction works or other property on land that are replaced, exchanged or created in the following cases:

a) Property is replaced or exchanged with new land use rights, new houses, new construction works or other new property on land to the grantor in accordance with law;

b) New property created to replace collateral being houses, construction works or other property on land that are demolished or destroyed as agreed upon between the grantor and the secured party;

c) New property created because houses, construction works or other property on land are demolished or destroyed by the grantor and there is an agreement in the security contract on new property to be used for securing the performance of obligations.

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10. In case the registration applicant submits both the registration application of land change and the registration application of security interest as prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article, or submits both the application for certification of ownership of property on land and the registration application of changes specified in Clause 7 of this Article, the procedures specified in Clause 2, Article 35 of this Decree shall be carried out.

Article 37. Processing registration in case the information about the collateral in the security contract includes property other than land use right and property on land; land use rights, property on land that are common property of spouses, members of households, groups of land users or sole proprietorships

The land registry shall not refuse to register according to the grounds specified at Point d, Clause 1, Article 15 of this Decree and shall carry out the registration in the following cases:

1. Information about collateral in the security contract has not only the right to use land, property on land but also other properties, but the application form for registration only declares information about the land use rights, property on land.

2. Information about collateral in the security contract includes both land use rights and property on land, but the application form for registration only declares either land use rights or property on land, the land registry shall register the property declared on such application form for registration.

3. Information on the collateral in the security contract and the application form for registration includes both the land use rights and property on land, in which the land use rights are eligible to be used as security but the property on land does not have its ownership registered although it is subject to registration of ownership rights as prescribed by law, the land registry shall register the land use rights. The registration applicant may submit the application and request the registration of the property on land according to Clause 7 Article 36 of this Decree.

In case a land user is leased land by the State with annual land rents, but the property on land has its ownership registered or the property on land is off-the-plan property, or property on land is not required by law to have ownership rights registered and has not been registered as required, the land registry shall register the security interest in the property on land.

4. If the Certificate of collateral being the right to use land, property on land belonging to the common property of spouses only shows the full name of the wife or husband who is the land user or owner of the house, other property on land but information about the grantor in the security contract includes both husband and wife, the registration applicant shall declare information about the grantor on the application form for registration including names of husband and wife.

5. If collateral being the right to use land, property on land is the common property of household members, but the Certificate only states the full name of the household head while the information about the grantor in the notarized or authenticated security contract identifies that in addition to the full name of the household head or the legal representative of the household head, there are also the full names of other member of households that share the same land use rights and ownership of property on land of the household, the registration applicant shall, upon declaring information about the grantor on the application form for registration include the names of the head of the household and members of the household as stated in the security contract.

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Section 3. PROCEDURES FOR REGISTRATION OF SECURITY INTEREST IN AIRCRAFT, SEA-GOING SHIPS

Subsection 1. PROCEDURES FOR REGISTRATION OF SECURITY INTEREST IN AIRCRAFT

Article 38. In case of registration falling under the authority of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam

1. Aircraft mortgage, aircraft pledge.

2. Aircraft title retention.

3. Registration of notice of realization of collateral being aircraft.

4. Registration of change or deregistration for the case specified in Clauses 1, 2 and 3 of this Article.

Article 39. Application for registration of aircraft

1. A registration application includes:

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b) The security contract (1 original or 1 certified true copy).

2. A registration application of changes includes:

a) An application form, made according to Form No. 02b in the Appendix (01 original);

b) The document on amendments on the security contract or the document on transfer of the right to claim debt or transfer the secured obligation in aircraft in case of change of the grantor, change of the secured party or the written document that has grounds for change in case there is no document on amendments on the security contract (01 original or 01 certified true copy);

c) In case of registration of changes to add collateral as agreed in the security contract but previously registered information does not include this property, the application is an application form made according to Form No. 02b in the Appendix (01 original).

3. The application for deregistration includes an application form made according to Form No. 03b in the Appendix (01 original) and the following additional documents are filed (01 original or 01 certified true copy):

a) A document showing that the secured party agrees to deregister or certify that the security contract has been terminated or liquidated, or showing confirmation of the release of the security in case the applicant for deregistration is the grantor and there is no signature or seal (if any) of the secured party on the application form;

b) The auctioned asset sale contract that has been legally effective or written certification of judgment enforcement results in case the applicant for deregistration is a civil judgment enforcement agency, enforcer or; the purchaser of collateral in collateral realization in accordance with the law on civil judgment enforcement;

c) Contract or other legally effective document not mentioned in Point b of this Clause evidencing the lawful transfer of collateral in case the applicant for deregistration is the legal transferee of the collateral;

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dd) The written certification of the competent authority on the dissolution of the legal entity in the case specified at Point l, Clause 1, Article 20 of this Decree.

4. Application for registration of notice of collateral realization includes:

a) An application form, made according to Form No. 04b in the Appendix (01 original);

b) Written notice of realization of collateral being aircraft (01 original);

c) In case of registration of change or deregistration of notice of collateral realization, the application includes an application form made according to Form No. 04b in the Appendix (01 original).

Article 40. Procedures for processing registration, change registration and deregistration for aircraft

1. After receiving the registration application, if there is no ground to refuse the registration specified in Clause 1, Article 15 of this Decree, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam shall record and update the registration time (hour, minute, date, month, year) and registered information, changed information, deregistered information, and information in the notice of realization of collateral in the Vietnam Aircraft Register; issue a Certificate of Registration according to Form No. 05b, Form No. 06b, Form No. 07b or Form No. 08b in the Appendix to the applicant for registration in the manner specified in Clauses 2, 3 and 4, Article 17 of this Decree.

2. In case the registration changes due to withdrawal of a part of collateral, the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam shall record and update the information of deregistration of the part of withdrawn collateral in the Vietnam Aircraft Register.

Subsection 2. PROCEDURES FOR REGISTRATION OF SECURITY INTEREST IN SEAGOING SHIPS

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1. Mortgage of seagoing ships.

2. Seagoing ship title retention.

3. Registration of notice of realization of collateral being seagoing ships.

4. Registration of change or deregistration for the case specified in Clauses 1, 2 and 3 of this Article.

5. In case an official-duty seagoing vessel, submarine, submersible, floating storage facility, movable platform as prescribed by maritime law is used to secure the performance of obligations and there is a request for registration of security interest in this property, the regulations on registration of seagoing ships in this Decree shall apply.

Article 42. Application for registration of seagoing ships

1. A registration application includes:

a) An application form, made according to Form No. 01c in the Appendix (01 original);

b) The security contract (1 original or 1 certified true copy).

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a) An application form, made according to Form No. 02c in the Appendix (01 original);

b) The document on amendments on the security contract or the document on transfer of the right to claim debt or transfer the secured obligation in seagoing ship in case of change of the grantor, change of the secured party or the written document that has grounds for change in case there is no document on amendments on the security contract (01 original or 01 certified true copy);

c) In case of registration of changes to add collateral as agreed in the security contract but previously registered information does not include this property, the application is an application form made according to Form No. 02c in the Appendix (01 original).

3. The application for deregistration includes an application form made according to Form No. 03c in the Appendix (01 original) and the following additional documents are filed (01 original or 01 certified true copy);

a) A document showing that the secured party agrees to deregister or certify that the security contract has been terminated or liquidated, or showing confirmation of the release of the security in case the applicant for deregistration is the grantor and there is no signature or seal (if any) of the secured party on the application form;

b) The auctioned asset sale contract that has been legally effective or written certification of judgment enforcement results in case the applicant for deregistration is a civil judgment enforcement agency, enforcer or; the purchaser of collateral in collateral realization in accordance with the law on civil judgment enforcement;

c) Contract or other legally effective document not mentioned in Point b of this Clause evidencing the lawful transfer of collateral in case the applicant for deregistration is the legal transferee of the collateral;

dd) The written certification of the competent authority on the dissolution of the legal entity in the case of deregistration specified at Point l, Clause 1, Article 20 of this Decree.

4. Application for registration of notice of collateral realization includes:

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b) Written notice of realization of collateral being seagoing ship (01 original);

c) In case of registration of change or deregistration of notice of collateral realization, the application includes an application form made according to Form No. 04c in the Appendix (01 original).

Article 43. Procedures for processing registration, change registration and deregistration for seagoing ships

1. After receiving the registration application, if there is no ground to refuse the registration specified in Clause 1, Article 15 of this Decree, the Vietnam Registry of Seagoing Ships shall record and update the registration time (hour, minute, date, month, year) and registered information, changed information, deregistered information, and information in the notice of realization of collateral in the Vietnam Seagoing Ship Register; issue a Certificate of Registration according to Form No. 05c, Form No. 06c, Form No. 07c or Form No. 08c in the Appendix to the applicant for registration in the manner specified in Clauses 2, 3 and 4, Article 17 of this Decree.

2. In case the registration changes due to withdrawal of a part of collateral, the Vietnam Registry of Seagoing Ships shall record and update the information of deregistration of the part of withdrawn collateral in the Vietnam Seagoing Ship Register.

Section 4. PROCEDURES FOR REGISTRATION OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN MOVABLE PROPERTY, ANNUAL TREES, TEMPORARY WORKS

Article 44. Registration falling under the authority of Center for Registration of Transactions and Assets

1. Cases of registration on requests or prescribed by law include:

a) Mortgage of movable property;

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c) Pledge of property, deposit, collateralization, or deposit with movable property as agreed upon or at the request of the secured party;

d) Security interests in securities that have not been centrally registered; dividends, property rights arising from securities, except where such dividends or property rights are centrally registered securities;

dd) The security interest with property on land being annual trees, temporary works;

e) Registration of notice of collateral realization specified at Points a, b, c, d and dd of this Clause;

g) Registration of change or deregistration for the case specified at Points a, b, c, d, dd and e of this Clause.

2. In case of registration of property rights, this right does not include land use rights, house ownership, and ownership of other property on land; the right to use the sea area, the right to own property on the sea area; ownership and other rights that must be registered for aircraft in accordance with the aviation law, and for seagoing ships in accordance with the maritime law; ownership of securities that have been centrally registered in accordance with the law on securities.

3. The registration of a pledge, deposit, collateralization specified at Point c, Clause 1 of this Article shall be carried out in cases where the law on performance security so stipulates for or it is so agreed upon in the security contract.

4. The provisions of this Article also apply to organizations and individuals of foreign nationality in case they have passive legal capacity or active legal capacity in accordance with the Civil Code.

Article 45. Description of collateral on the application form for registration

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The scope of movable property used as security may be one, some or all of the existing movable property or the off-the-plan movable property. In case the description of the collateral does not limit the property, the registration is only valid for property that does not fall into the cases specified in Clause 2, Article 44 of this Decree.

The registration applicant is solely responsible for the information describing the collateral.

2. If the collateral is a road motor vehicle, the description must include the vehicle's chassis number. In case the asset is an off-the-plan asset without information on the chassis number, it must clearly describe as an off-the-plan asset; if it is a circulating good in the ordinary course of production, business or warehouse, it must describe based on the information specified in Clause 4 of this Article.

3. If the collateral is a fishing vessel; mean of inland waterway transport; railway vehicle or special-use vehicle on road, waterway or railway, the description must include the name of the vehicle, the name or full name of the vehicle owner or the name or full name of the vehicle owner, vehicle registration number (if any), certificate-issuing agency stated on the certificate, trademark (if any), vehicle grade (if any).

4. If the collateral is a good circulated in the ordinary course of production and business, warehouses other than a road motor vehicle specified in Clause 2 of this Article, description must be declared according to the value of good or by name and type of good; if the good is circulated in the warehouse, there must be more information about the address, warehouse number (if any) or other signs of the warehouse location (if any). The declaration of warehouse information does not include ware houses; other construction works or warehousing used for the storage of goods.

The collateral that is registered as goods circulated in the ordinary course of production and business, including the right to request the purchaser to pay money, the amount collected, assets formed from the proceeds, property that is replaced or exchanged in the case of circulating goods sold, replaced, or exchanged, unless otherwise requested by the registration applicant.

5. If the collateral is a temporary work or an annual tree, the description must show that the property is a temporary work in accordance with the construction law or an annual tree as prescribed by law on crop production. Unless otherwise requested by the registration applicant, the collateral specified in this Clause includes yields or other property obtained from the harvest of annual plants or from the demolition of temporary works.

6. If the collateral is movable property being installed, located on or placed on land, house or non-residential construction work, the description must show that the collateral is movable property, not property on land, house or construction work.

7. If the collateral is an object with an auxiliary object, an integrated object or a distinctive object, the description must show the characteristics as prescribed by the Civil Code in order to identify this object.

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In case the basis for arising the property right clearly states the name of the property right, the description of the right must be consistent with this information.

Article 46. Application for registration of movable property, annual trees, temporary works

1. A registration application includes an application form made according to Form No. 01d in the Appendix (01 original) and the following additional documents:

a) Security contract (01 original or 01 certified copy) in case the application form for registration only has signature and seal (if any) of the grantor or the secured party, except in accordance with Clause 4, Article 8 and Point c, Clause 1, Article 12 of this Decree;

b) The security contract with centrally registered securities contains an agreement on whether the securities will continue to be used to secure the performance of obligations for the same secured party or the co-secured parties in the case of becoming non-centrally registered secured securities (01 original or 01 certified copy) and the written certification of the registration of security interest in securities that have been centrally registered, issued by the VSDC (01 original) in the case specified at Point b, Clause 2, Article 6 of this Decree. In this case, the registry does not require the parties to re-establish the security contract.

2. A change registration application includes an application form made according to Form No. 02d in the Appendix (01 original) and additionally submits a security contract or a document on amendments on the security contract or a document on transfer of rights to collect debts, transfer of obligations secured by movable property, annual trees or temporary works in case of change of grantor, change of secured party or other documents proving there are grounds for change in case there is no document on amendments on the security contract, but the application form for registration only has the signature and seal (if any) of the grantor or the secured party (01 original or 01 certified copy).

3. The application for deregistration includes an application form made according to Form No. 03d in the Appendix (01 original) and the following additional documents are filed (01 original or 01 certified true copy):

a) A document showing that the secured party agrees to deregister or certify that the security contract has been terminated or liquidated, or showing confirmation of the release of the security in case the applicant for deregistration is the grantor and there is no signature or seal (if any) of the secured party on the application form;

b) The auctioned asset sale contract that has been legally effective or written certification of judgment enforcement results in case the applicant for deregistration is a civil judgment enforcement agency, enforcer or; the purchaser of collateral in collateral realization in accordance with the law on civil judgment enforcement;

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dd) The written certification of the competent authority on the dissolution of the legal entity in the case of deregistration specified at Point l, Clause 1, Article 20 of this Decree.

4. In case of registration, change or deregistration of notice of collateral realization, the application includes an application form made according to Form No. 04d in the Appendix (01 original).

5. The registration application in case of registration through the online registration system includes information that must be declared and shown on the online registration interface.

6. In case documents included in the registration application prescribed in Clauses 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Article are sent via email, they must be created or digitized from the paper version and presented with accurate, complete information of the paper copy in the format “.pdf”.

Article 47. Procedures for processing registration, change registration and deregistration for movables, annual trees, temporary works

1. In case the registration application is filed in paper form without grounds for refusal of registration specified in Clause 1, Article 15 of this Decree, the Center for Registration of Transactions and Assets shall record the time of receipt (hour, minute) , date, month, year) in the application form for registration, the Receipt book; update information on the application form for registration into the Database and back up the documents in the application into the online registration system; issue a certificate of registration according to Form No. 05d in the Appendix. The receipt of the paper registration certification document or the return of the paper documents filed by the registration applicant can be done at the head office of the Center for Registration of Transactions and Assets or through the postage service at the request of the registration applicant.

2. In case the registration application is filed through the online registration system but there is no ground to refuse the registration specified in Clause 1, Article 15 of this Decree, the Center for Registration of Transactions and Assets shall certify the registration result; issue a written certification of registration according to Form No. 05d in the Appendix in the manner specified in Clause 1, Article 17 of this Decree.

3. In case of change registration due to the withdrawal of part of collateral, the Center for Registration of Transactions and Assets shall update the information of deregistration for the part of withdrawn collateral into the Database.

4. In case of registration under Point b, Clause 2, Article 6 of this Decree, the Center for Registration of Transactions and Assets shall record the time of registration according to the registration time shown in the written certification of registration of security interest in securities that have been centrally registered.

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Article 48. Change of registered information of movables, annual trees, temporary works

1. In case the collateral is a road motor vehicle or other property subject to the registration of ownership, use right, circulation rights or other rights as prescribed by law has changed information. If such information is shown on the Certificate, the changed information must be consistent with the information shown on the newly issued or supplemented Certificate.

In case the collateral is a good circulated in the ordinary course of production, business or warehouse, registration of changes is not required when there is a change in information about the property, except for the case of withdrawal or addition of collateral or in the cases specified in Clauses 2, 4 and 7 Article 45 of this Decree.

2. In case of registration of a change in the validity time of the security contract, this time must not be after the time of registration of security interest. In case of changing the validity time of the security contract after the time the security interest has been registered, the registered information shall be deregistered and register a new security interest.

3. In case information that is required to be declared on the application form for registration changes, a change of this information must be registered.

Article 49. Handling of duplicate registration

In case there is a duplicate registration for the same grantor, the same secured party, the same collateral, the same security interest and the same secured obligation, the Center for Registration of Transactions and Assets shall deregister on its discretion or deregister at the request of the registration applicant for the registration or registrations that duplicate with the registration made at the earliest. In case the Center for Registration of Transactions and Assets deregisters the duplicate registration on its discretion, on the day of the deregistration, it must notify in paper or electronic form the grounds and consequences of the duplicate registration for the same registration applicant.

Chapter III

PROVISION OF INFORMATION ABOUT SECURITY INTERESTS

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Article 50. Information to be provided, methods of requesting information provision

1. Information to be provided is information about registered security interest and within the scope of request of requesters.

2. Information requesters shall follow one of the following methods:

a) As for information about security interests in seagoing ships, movable property, annual trees, temporary works, submit a request for information provision according to Form No. 09d or Form No. 12c in the Appendix to the registry according to the respective competence specified in Clause 3 or 5, Article 10 of this Decree and in the manner specified in Article 13 of this Decree. In case the request for information provision is filed through the online registration system, the provisions of the registration application in Article 24 of this Decree shall apply.

As for information on security interests in the form of land use rights, property on land, rights to use sea areas, properties attached to sea areas or for aircraft, the request for information provision to the registry shall be carried out in accordance with the law on land, exploitation and utilization of marine resources or the law on aviation;

b) Self-searching information in the Database through the database user code.

Organizations and individuals that search for information themselves according to this Point have the right to request the competent authority specified in Clause 3, Article 23 of this Decree to grant the database user code through the online registration interface or submit a written request to this agency.

The database user code can be a regular-use code or a one-time-use code in information searching.

Article 51. Procedures for handling requests for providing information by registries

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a) The request for providing information is made ultra vires;

b) The application form for information is made not in accordance with the instructions on declaration on Form No. 09d, Form No. 12c in the Appendix, or inconsistence with the provisions of the law on land, exploitation and use of marine resources or the law of aviation;

c) The information requester does not pay the registration fee, unless otherwise provided by the law on fees and charges or other relevant laws.

2. If there are no grounds specified in Clause 1 of this Article, the registry shall return the information provision results to the requester within the time limit specified in Article 16 of this Decree and in the manner specified in Article 17 of this Decree.

3. The use of signatures and seals in providing information shall comply with Article 12 of this Decree.

Section 2. INFORMATION PROVISION BETWEEN REGISTRIES AND COMPETENT AGENCIES AND COMPETENT PERSONS

Article 52. Competent agencies and competent persons in information provision

1. The National Register of Secured Transactions under the Ministry of Justice; competent authorities specified in Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6, Article 10 of this Decree, unless the law on land, exploitation and utilization of marine resources, aviation or marine law otherwise stipulate.

2. Agencies competent to register ownership, use rights or circulation rights of assets.

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4. Civil judgment enforcement agencies, enforcers.

5. Other competent state agencies as prescribed by law, competent persons of these agencies.

Article 53. Information to be provided, methods and time limit for information provision

1. The information provision between competent agencies and competent persons specified in Article 52 of this Decree do not apply to cases where competent agencies and competent persons specified in Clauses 3, 4 and 5 Article 52 of this Decree to serve or send legally effective judgments or decisions for the registries to enforce according to the procedural law, the law on civil judgment enforcement, other relevant laws.

2. Information provided by competent agencies and competent persons specified in Article 52 of this Decree is for coordination in performing state management, administrative procedures, and support in civil proceedings and judgment enforcement activities, including:

a) Information relating to the grantor, the secured party, the collateral, the time of registration or other information saved in the Register or the Database established by the competent authority specified in Clause 1 Article 52 of this Decree to provide upon request to the competent agencies and competent persons specified in Clauses 2, 3, 4 and 5, Article 52 of this Decree;

b) Information related to property provided by the competent authority or person specified in Clauses 2, 3, 4 and 5, Article 52 of this Decree to the competent authority specified in Clause 1 Article 52 of this Decree.

3. The provision of information specified in Clause 2 of this Article must comply with the form and time limit specified in the written request of the competent authority or person and in accordance with the law on proceedings, the law on civil judgment enforcement or other relevant laws, except for the case specified in Clause 4 of this Article.

4. In case a competent agency or a competent person specified in Article 52 of this Decree requests the grant of a database user code to look up information in the database for movables, the National Register of Secured Transactions under the Ministry of Justice is responsible for granting this code to the competent authority or person.

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5. The issuance of codes to use the database to provide information between competent agencies and competent persons specified in Article 52 of this Decree with respect to land use rights and property on land, the right to use the sea area, property on the sea area or for aircraft and seagoing ships shall comply with law on land, exploitation and utilization of marine resources, and aviation or marine.

Chapter IV

ROLES OF REGULATORY AGENCIES IN SECURITY INTEREST REGISTRATION

Article 54. Roles of regulatory agencies in security interest registration

1. Formulating, and directing the implementation of strategies and policies for development of the security interest registration system nationwide.

2. Promulgating, and organizing the implementation of, legal documents on security interest registration.

3. Organizing and managing security interest registration activities: establishing and managing security interest registries: providing guidance, training and retraining in professional operations of security interest registration.

4. Building, operating and managing the database; managing, connecting and sharing data on security interest registration.

5. Raising public awareness of law on security interest registration.

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7. Making statistics on registered security interests, summarizing and reporting these statistics to competent agencies.

8. Inspecting, monitoring implementation of law on security interest registration, handling of complaints, denunciation, and actions against violations of security interest registration.

9. Other duties and powers specified in this Decree and other relevant laws.

Article 55. Tasks and powers of regulatory agencies in charge of security interest registration

1. The Government shall perform the unified state management of security interest registration.

2. The Justice Ministry is answerable to the Government for performing the unified state management of security interest registration and has the following tasks and powers:

a) Formulating, and directing the implementation of strategies and policies for development of the security interest registration system;

b) Submitting to competent agencies for promulgation or promulgate according to its competence legal documents on security interest registration;

c) Directing and organizing the implementation of legal documents on security interest registration; raising public awareness of law on security interest registration;

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dd) Take charge and coordinate with concerned ministries, agencies and organizations in, organizing professional training, training and refresher courses on the law on registration of security interests;

e) Enter into international cooperation on security interest registration;

g) Inspect, monitor implementation of law on security interest registration and information provision, handling of complaints, whistleblowing reports, and actions against violations of security interest registration; provision of information about security interests according to their competence;

h) Make statistics, summarize and report to the Government on registration and provision of information about security interests nationwide;

i) Coordinate in the performance of tasks and powers of relevant ministries and agencies specified at Point a, Clause 3, Points a, b and c, Clause 4, and Points b, c and dd, Clause 6 of this Article;

k) Other tasks and powers assigned by the Government.

3. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has the following tasks and powers:

a) State management of the database for security interests in land use rights and property on land, the database for security interests in sea areas, property on the sea area; guide and organize training in professional skills for registration of security interests in land use rights and property on land for the land registry; security interests in the right to use the sea area, property on the sea area for the competent registry;

b) Cooperate with the Ministry of Justice in performing tasks prescribed in points a, b, c, dd, g and k Clause 2 of this Article.

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a) State management over the registry of security interests in aircraft and the registry of security interests in seagoing ships; guide and hold professional training courses on registration of security interests in aircraft and seagoing ships;

b) Monitor the implementation of the law on registration of security interests in aircraft and seagoing ships;

c) Perform state management and organize the development of an electronic database on aircraft and seagoing ships to create a basis for online registration, on granting online registration accounts, on issue codes using the database on security interests in aircraft and seagoing ships in accordance with the law on aviation and maritime;

d) Examine, inspect, handle violations and settle complaints and whistleblowing reports according to their competence in the registration and provision of information about security interests in aircraft or seagoing ships;

dd) Comply with the reporting regime to the Ministry of Justice on the registration of security interests in aircraft and seagoing ships in accordance with the law on statistics; coordinate with the Ministry of Justice in performing the tasks specified at Points a, b, c, dd, g, h and k, Clause 2 of this Article.

5. The Ministry of Finance has the following tasks and powers:

a) Perform the state management of registration of security interests in securities which have been centrally registered according to the competence prescribed in the law on securities;

b) Issue the price of security interest registration service for securities provided by the VSDC in accordance with the law on prices and other relevant laws;

c) Examine, inspect, handle violations and settle complaints and whistleblowing reports in the implementation of registration and provision of information on centrally registered securities according to their competence;

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6. People's Committees of provinces and centrally affiliated cities have the following tasks and powers:

a) State management over the registration of security interests in land use rights and property on land in the local areas;

b) State management over the registry of security interests in land use rights and property on land in the local area; hold professional training courses on registration of security interests with land use rights and property on land in the local area;

c) Guide, organize the implementation, disseminate the law on registration of security interests in the local area;

d) Build a land database to create a basis for the implementation of online registration of security interests in land use rights and property on land in the local area;

dd) Inspect the registration of security interests in land use rights and property on land at the land registry according to its competence;

e) Inspect, settle complaints and whistleblowing reports, handle violations according to their competence on registration of security interests with land use rights and property on land in the local area;

g) Comply with the reporting regime to the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on the registration of security interests in land use rights and property on land in accordance with the law on statistics; coordinate with the Ministry of Justice in performing the tasks specified at Points a, b, c, dd, g, h and k, Clause 2 of this Article.

7. The Department of Justice shall assist the People's Committees of provinces and centrally affiliated cities in performing the state management function over registration of security interests in land use rights and property on land in the province, perform the tasks and powers specified at Points c, dd and g, Clause 6 of this Article; coordinate with the Department of Natural Resources and Environment in performing the tasks and powers of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment specified in Clause 8 of this Article.

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Chapter V

IMPLEMENTATION

Article 56. Entry in force

1. This Decree comes into force as of January 15, 2023, except for the case specified in Clause 2 of this Article.

2. Provisions in this Decree on carrying out online registration procedures for the case in Clause 4, Article 47, about granting online registration accounts in Article 23, on granting database user codes at Point b, Clause 2, Article 50 and on connection and sharing of data on registration of security interests in road motor vehicles in Clause 4, Article 53 in the field of registration for movable property other than aircraft , seagoing ships and securities that have been centrally registered shall come into force as of January 1, 2024; in the field of registration for land use rights, property on land, right to use the sea area, property on the sea area, aircraft and seagoing ships shall come into force from the time as prescribed in the law on land, exploitation and utilization of marine resources, aviation or maritime.

3. This Decree supersedes Decree No. 102/2017/ND-CP dated September 1, 2017 of the Government on registration of security interests.

Article 57. Transitional provisions

1. Any secured interest which is entered into before the effective date of this Decree but not yet registered but still remains valid may be registered under this Decree.

2. Secured interests registered under law before the effective date of this Decree are not required to be re-registered under this Decree. From the effective date of this Decree, if you register to change, deregister, correct erroneous information in the registered information, register notice of collateral realization, or this security interest, the provisions of this Decree shall apply.

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4. Before the effective date in Clause 2, Article 56 of this Decree, online registration accounts issued by competent authorities and database account codes shall be further used to register or make a request for information under the provisions of this Decree.

5. Before the effective date in Clause 2, Article 56 of this Decree, any application for issuance of new online registration account or a new database user code shall comply with Article 54 of the Government's Decree No. 102/2017/ND-CP dated September 1, 2017 on registration of security interests, other relevant regulations in the law on land, on the exploitation and utilization of marine resources, aviation or maritime law.

6. Where a land registry has not been established in a province or centrally affiliated city, the land use right registration office or another agency performing the functions of the land registry shall continue to register the security interest in land use rights and property on land specified in Article 25 of this Decree until the land registry is established.

Article 58. Implementation

1. Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Finance, People's Committees of provinces and central affiliated cities shall:

a) Cooperate with the Government Office, relevant ministries and agencies in managing, connecting and sharing digital data for information on security interest registration results in accordance with law on data management, connection and sharing;

b) Use information in the national population database, electronic identification and authentication system in registration and provision of information on security interests in accordance with regulations of the law on data management, connection and sharing.

2. The Ministry of Justice shall coordinate with the Ministry of Public Security in connecting and sharing digital data on registration of security interests in road motor vehicles in accordance with the law on management and connection, data sharing, completed by December 31, 2023; shall complete the online registration software to perform the registration specified in Clause 4, Article 47 of this Decree, to grant the online registration accounts specified in Article 23 of this Decree, and to perform the granting of database user codes specified at Point b, Clause 2, Article 50 of this Decree, to be completed before December 31, 2023.

In case it is necessary to ensure consistency in carrying out registration procedures as prescribed in this Decree related to the information shown on the form enclosed with the Appendix, the Minister of Justice shall take charge and coordinate with, the Ministry of Justice, and relevant ministries and agencies in providing guidance according to their competence.

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ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT
PP. THE PRIME MINISTER
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER




Pham Binh Minh

 

 

 

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Decree 99/2022/ND-CP registration of security interests
Official number: 99/2022/ND-CP Legislation Type: Decree of Government
Organization: The Government Signer: Pham Binh Minh
Issued Date: 30/11/2022 Effective Date: Premium
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Decree No. 99/2022/ND-CP dated November 30, 2022 on registration of security interests

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