Detailed explanation of the rural property ownership certificate application process, a step-by-step guide to handling it

The property ownership certificate is the document by which a home buyer obtains lawful ownership of a house through a transaction and may, in accordance with the law, exercise the rights of possession, use, income and disposal over the purchased house. It is the lawful proof by which the state protects house ownership in accordance with the law, and the house owner manages and uses their own house on the strength of the certificate. Now let us take a look at the rural property ownership certificate application process!

Can rural houses obtain a property ownership certificate?

Rural houses can obtain a property ownership certificate. The key issue in whether a rural home can receive a house ownership certificate is not the household registration, but whether there is a rural homestead use right certificate. According to the provisions of the Land Law, the authority to approve rural homesteads lies with the county-level people's government, so only after approval by the county-level government and the issuance of a homestead use right certificate can a house ownership certificate be obtained in accordance with the law. Although rural residential houses use rural collective land, a house built on a homestead approved only by the collective economic organization (village committee) occupies land illegally and cannot obtain a house ownership certificate, and a house built on private plots or contracted land can even less obtain a house ownership certificate.

Materials for handling a rural property ownership certificate

1. Registration application form.

2. Identity certificate of the applicant.

3. Proof of homestead use right or proof of collective-owned construction land use right.

4. Proof that the house applied for registration conforms to urban and rural planning.

5. House surveying and mapping report or a floor plan of the villager's house.

6. Other necessary materials.

Rural property ownership certificate application process

1. The house-building household submits a house-building application to the village committee.

2. The village committee reviews and agrees, signs and stamps.

3. Submit an application to the township construction office.

4. Staff of the township construction office conduct an on-site survey and agree to the house building.

5. Go to the township construction office to collect the house construction application form.

6. Obtain the signature and consent of the township construction office.

7. The township supervising leader signs and stamps, verifying and agreeing.

8. Submit to the county planning and construction bureau for approval (county administrative service center).

9. The house-building household collects the ownership certificate.

Note: An applicant applying for the initial registration of villager housing ownership shall also submit proof that the applicant is a member of the rural collective economic organization where the house is located. A rural collective economic organization applying for the initial registration of house ownership shall also submit proof materials showing consent by the villagers' meeting or consent by the villagers' representatives' meeting as authorized by the villagers' meeting.