How to Object to a Cadastral Resurvey Boundary Decision or Adjustment Payment — Documents to File Within 60 Days of Notice

Procedure

1. 1. Check the date you received each notice and calculate the deadline

   The boundary decision notice states that, if no objection is filed within 60 days, the boundary is confirmed as decided by the Boundary Decision Committee. For adjustment payments, the cadastral authority sends a payment notice or collection notice within 10 days of notifying the amount, and the 60-day objection period runs from receipt of that notice. The two deadlines run separately, so record the receipt date of each notice.

2. 2. Review the boundary-setting criteria and identify the points in dispute

   The cadastral authority sets boundaries in this order: the actual boundary the owner occupies if there is no dispute over the ground boundary, the boundary found from survey records at the time of registration if there is a dispute, and then the boundary under local custom. If these methods are unreasonable, a boundary agreed by the landowners may be used. Organize when walls or buildings were erected, the boundary at the time of purchase, and the history of long-term occupation against these criteria.

3. 3. File the boundary decision objection

   Submit the boundary decision objection form with the grounds and supporting documents to the cadastral authority (city, county or district). The authority forwards it with its opinion to the Boundary Decision Committee within 14 days of receipt, and the committee decides within 30 days, extendable by up to 30 days where unavoidable. The authority serves the written decision within 7 days of being notified, and the landowner must tell the authority within 60 days of receiving it whether they will challenge it through an administrative appeal or administrative litigation.

4. 4. File the adjustment payment objection

   The adjustment payment is calculated as the arithmetic mean of appraisals by two appraisal firms as of the date the boundary was confirmed, or, at the request of the landowners' council, by the officially assessed individual land price after committee review. On the adjustment payment objection form, mark whether you received a payment notice or a collection notice, state your grounds and submit it to the cadastral authority. If the payment was based on appraisal values, two appraisal firms that did not take part re-appraise it, and the authority notifies the result in writing within 45 days after committee review and resolution.

5. 5. Payment, receipt and installment application

   The cadastral authority pays the adjustment amount within 6 months of the payment notice, and a person who receives a collection notice pays in cash within 6 months of the assessment date. If paying at once is difficult, you may file an adjustment payment installment application with the reasons and supporting evidence, and the authority notifies its decision in writing within 15 days. Installments run within a 1-year range under the criteria in Annex 1 of the Enforcement Decree.

Required documents

• Boundary decision objection form (Enforcement Rule of the Special Act on Cadastral Resurvey, Form No. 5)
• Adjustment payment objection form (Enforcement Rule of the Special Act on Cadastral Resurvey, Form No. 8)
• Copy of the boundary decision notice, or of the adjustment payment notice or collection notice
• Copies of materials received from the cadastral authority, such as the provisional cadastral confirmation statement
• Occupation history materials (when walls or buildings were erected, sale contracts, earlier survey results, etc.)
• Site photos and aerial photos by year
• Adjustment payment installment application and evidence of the reasons (if paying in installments)
• letter of authorization (when filed by an agent)

Fees

Typically in the range of several hundred thousand won to several million won across the industry · We quote after consultation depending on whether the objection concerns the boundary decision or the adjustment payment, the number of parcels and the volume of occupation history materials. Government fees are separate.

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Legal basis and review date

• Special Act on Cadastral Resurvey, Article 14
• Special Act on Cadastral Resurvey, Article 15
• Special Act on Cadastral Resurvey, Article 16
• Special Act on Cadastral Resurvey, Article 17
• Special Act on Cadastral Resurvey, Article 18
• Special Act on Cadastral Resurvey, Article 20
• Special Act on Cadastral Resurvey, Article 21
• Special Act on Cadastral Resurvey, Article 21-2
• Enforcement Decree of the Special Act on Cadastral Resurvey, Article 12
• Enforcement Decree of the Special Act on Cadastral Resurvey, Article 13
• Enforcement Rule of the Special Act on Cadastral Resurvey, Article 9
• Enforcement Rule of the Special Act on Cadastral Resurvey, Article 12
• Enforcement Rule of the Special Act on Cadastral Resurvey, Form No. 5
• Enforcement Rule of the Special Act on Cadastral Resurvey, Form No. 8

Checked against the statutes on 2026-10-08

Statutes and public notices change, so each case needs to be checked individually. Statute titles are given in English for reference. The Korean statutes are the authoritative text.

Check these first

• If you bought or inherited land after the cadastral resurvey district was designated, the successor to the rights receives or pays the adjustment amount. Agree in the sale contract on who bears the adjustment payment.
• No one may move or damage temporary boundary markers or boundary markers. Even if you dispute the boundary, leave the markers in place and contest it through an objection.

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