Regulations on notarization of contracts

1. Legal regulations on notarization

Clause 1, Article 2 of the Notary Law 2014 stipulates: Notarization is the act by a notary of a notarial practice organization certifying the authenticity and lawfulness of a contract or another civil transaction in writing (contract, transaction); the accuracy, lawfulness, and conformity with social ethics of the translation of papers and documents from Vietnamese to foreign languages ​​or from foreign languages ​​to Vietnamese (hereinafter referred to as translations) which according to the provisions of law The law must be notarized or voluntarily requested by an individual or organization to be notarized.

Notarization of contracts and transactions is carried out by judicial support agencies, namely the Notary Office. Notarization helps to ensure the content of a contract or transaction, the notary is responsible for the lawfulness of that contract or transaction.

In fact, notarized contracts and transactions will be guaranteed to be legal and reduce risks.

2. Types of contracts that must be notarized

• Contract of housing purchase and sale.

• Contracts for gifts of houses and real estate.

• Contract for donation of land use rights, land use rights and properties attached to land.

• Contract for real estate auction.

• Contract of housing exchange.

• Contract for capital contribution by housing.

• Contract for capital contribution with land use rights, land use rights and properties attached to land.

• Contract of residential mortgage.

• Contract of mortgage of land use rights.

• Contract for sale and purchase of commercial housing.

• Contract of transfer of land use rights.

• Contract for the transfer of land use rights.

• Property mortgage contract.

• Guarantee contract.

• Property exchange contract.

• The will of people with physical limitations or those who are illiterate.

• The will made in a foreign language.

• Documents on inheritance of houses, land use rights, land use rights and properties attached to land.

In case the organization donates the gratitude or charity house; purchase, sale, lease the state-owned houses; purchase, sale, lease social housing, housing for resettlement; capital contribution by housing with one side being an organization; lease, accommodate or authorize housing management, the contract is not required to be notarized or authenticated, unless the parties request.