According to Article 164 Law on Housing 2023 – Notarization, Authentication of Contracts, and Effective Time of Housing Contracts
1. In cases of purchase and sale, hire-purchase, donation, exchange, capital contribution, or mortgage of housing, the contract must be notarized or authenticated, except as provided in Clause 2 of this Article.
For transactions specified in this Clause, the effective time of the contract shall be the time of completion of notarization or authentication in accordance with the law on notarization and authentication.
2. In cases where organizations donate gratitude houses, charity houses, or great solidarity houses; purchase, sale, or hire-purchase housing under public property; purchase, sale, or hire-purchase housing where one party is an organization, including social housing, housing for the people’s armed forces, resettlement housing; contribute housing as capital where one party is an organization; lease, lend, permit temporary stay in, or authorize management of housing, notarization or authentication of the contract is not required, unless the parties so request.
For transactions specified in this Clause, the effective time of the contract shall be as agreed by the parties; if there is no agreement, the effective time of the contract shall be the time of signing the contract.
3. Documents of inheritance of housing shall be notarized or authenticated in accordance with the civil law.
4. The notarization of housing contracts shall be carried out at notarial practice organizations; the authentication of housing contracts shall be carried out at the People’s Committee of the commune where the housing is located.
