In addition to the Government’s previous efforts to digitalize public services, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction (“MLMUPC”) has recently included additional online public services. As notified in our latest legal update on 8 October 2024, the MLMUPC has previously introduced a trial launch of four online public services on 5 August 2024, including the real estate exclusive sale, exclusive gift, hypothec registration, and pledge registration services in Phnom Penh. For more details, please see our previous legal update at https://www.dfdl.com/insights/legal-and-tax-updates/dfdl-cambodia-legal-alert-trial-launch-of-four-public-services-via-mlmupcs-online-platform/.

In a significant move to enhance the efficiency, effectiveness, and expeditiousness of public service delivery, on 6 January 2025, the MLMUPC announced the trial launch of seven additional online services, effective from 7 January 2025. Please note that only properties located in Phnom Penh will be accessible to these online services. This makes real estate public services more accessible to the public through the MLMUPC’s online system.  

Key Highlights:

The newly introduced services are designed to streamline the legal process of the real estate services and facilitate the transactions more efficiently. The new additional services include the following:

• Automated number registration (i.e. administrative number via an online system);
• Land consolidation;
• Land division without transferring ownership;
• Land division with exclusive sale;
• Land division with exclusive gift;
• Conveyance of strata title (or registration of private unit) of a co-owned building; and
• Division of ownership over a co-ownership property.

As part of the trial run, applicants can apply for these services through the MLMUPC’s official portals at https://mlmupc.gov.kh/ or https://cadastral.mlmupc.gov.kh/login by filling in the required information and attaching the relevant documents during the process. Upon completion and verification, the applicants may submit their requests directly via online system for MLMUPC’s review. To date, there is no clear written guideline about whether this process can be done 100% online without the need to physically visit various land authorities.

By accessing the system, the users will be able to review the documents stored on the system and track the history of those documents or registration process anytime.

The information provided here is for information purposes only and is not intended to constitute legal advice. Legal advice should be obtained from qualified legal counsel for all specific situations.

Should you need any further details on these additional online services, please kindly reach out to us via the contact below:

Seka Hep, Partner
Cambodia
Seka is a Partner of DFDL Cambodia.

Davy Kong, Partner
Cambodia
Davy is a Partner at DFDL Cambodia.

Leung Seng, Co-Head of Real Estate and Construction Practice
Cambodia
Leung is the Co-head of the Real Estate and Construction Practice based in DFDL's Phnom Penh Office.