Mongolia

Registering Property in

Mongolia

Listed below is a detailed summary of the steps, time and cost involved in registering property, assuming a standardized case of an entrepreneur who wants to purchase land and a building that is already registered and free of title dispute.

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  • Standard Property Transfer

  • Property Value: MNT 138,718,740.26
  • City: Ulan Bator

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Obtain a non-encumbrance certificate from the Immovable Property Registration Office

The seller obtains, before signing the contract, the mortgage-free certification from the Immovable Property Registration Office.

Agency: Immovable Property Registration Office 		1 day MNT 3,000
2 Notarization of the contract of purchase

The contract must be certified by the notary public who is authorized to operate in the district in which the immovable property is situated. The contract is prepared by the parties. The authorized representatives of the parties must be present at the notary office. In Mongolia, a legal entity cannot own land, only real estate. Thus calculation shall be made only for the building. As to the land ownership the purchaser after the transfer of the title of the immovable property, shall make an application to the Land department of the relevant district to transfer the Land use right to the purchaser's name. The documentation shall include:
• Non-encumbrance certificate (obtained in Procedure 1)
• Immovable property registration certificate (already in possession of seller)
• ID card number and registration number of citizen or name, address and state registration number of legal entity who is certifying documents.
• Permission of citizen, legal entity and authorized organization if required by law
• Copy of contract
• Copy of power of attorney, if required
• All documents shall be in original or notarized--Notary Law of February 10, 2011 established that the ID cards and the permission of citizen, legal entity and authorized organization do not need to be notarized any longer. The originals can be shown and the officer or related agencies will only keep a copy.

 1 day Notary fees according to the following schedule: Value of contract (in MNT) Notary fees (in MNT) Up to 1,000,000 0.5% of value of
3 Payment of Income or Transfer Tax at a commercial bank

The Mongolian legal system established a special tax for the sale of immoveable property which is called income tax. The income tax is imposed no matter whether there will be profit or not. Income tax is calculated based on the total income that is realized from the sale of an asset.

Agency: Commercial Bank 		1 day 2% of property value
4 Submit application to the Immovable Property Registration Agency

Parties submit relevant materials to the Immoveable Property Registration Agency. At the desk, the officer will check all documents and if satisfied will receive the application; if not he will note the missing documents and reject the application. The certificate of ownership will be issued within 7 days after the Registration Agency analyzes all the documentation presented, if the normal procedure is followed but in 1 day if the urgent procedure is chosen. The documentation shall include:
• A request for registration (fill an application form)
• Original immovable property registration certificate.
• A notarized copy of the contract (obtained in Procedure 2)
• Notarized permission of a citizen, legal entity and authorized organization if required by law.


Agency: Immovable Property Registration Office 		7 days (regular procedure) or 1 day (urgent procedure) Pursuant to the State Stamp Law 25th November 2010. Art. 38.1.4, the new fee schedule for property transfer is as follows: 0.01% fee for contract value up to MNT 10,000,000 0.02% fee for contract value between MNT10,000,001-MNT100,000,000 0.015% fee for
5 Transfer of the land use right

Ownership of the land belongs to the state. Only Mongolian citizens own land for family use. Therefore the land use rights are transferred with immovable property. This means who owns the immovable property then automatically holds land use right of the site. The land department of the relevant district will issue a new land use certificate for the new owner of the immovable property and will make a land use contract with the new owner.
The documentation shall include:
• A request for registration from both parties.
• Copy of the immovable property registration certificate.
• A notarized copy of the contract (obtained in Procedure 2)
• Notarized permission of a citizen, legal entity and authorized organization if required by law.


Agency: Land Department 		7 days MNT 70,000 fee for new certificate
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