Cambodia Legal Alert: Change of Format of The Certificate of Ownership Over Immovable Property

According to the Notification from the Office of the Council of ministers (Sor.Chor.Nor No.528) dated 7 May 2018, the Royal Government of Cambodia approved the change of format of the certificate of ownership over immovable property. The old form of certificate as previously issued to owners remains valid without them having to change to the new form. The new form will be publicly implemented from 01 June 2018.
The main features of the new form are:

• QR Code on the bottom left of the certificate of ownership over immovable property for public verification;
• Deletion of the watermark of the “certificate of ownership of immoveable property”;
• Insertion of a watermark within the picture of the Cambodian map and the phrase: “certificate of ownership of immoveable property” within the map and insertion of the phrase: “ AIDOBMAC FO MODGNIG , KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA” along with the Mekong river in the picture of the Cambodian map; and
• The paper number code consisting of 8 figures.

For further details of the new format of the certificate of ownership of immoveable property, please see below.

Old Form of certificate of ownership of immoveable

New Form of certificate of ownership of immoveable

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