General Lodging Business Report Procedure — Checking Building Use, Educational Environment Protection Zones and Fire Safety

Procedure

1. 1. Determine whether it is a new report or a succession

   When taking over an existing lodging establishment, first see whether it can be handled as a succession to the business operator's status. As in a case where an individual takes over a hotel that was run by a corporation, the documents are determined only after you establish whether it is a succession or a new report.

2. 2. Check the building use and location

   Check that the use in the building register is a lodging facility. If the site falls within an educational environment protection zone near a school, deliberation by the office of education may be required, so check before reporting.

3. 3. Fire and safety inspection

   Inspect the fire-fighting equipment in each guest room, such as simplified sprinklers, fire extinguishers and detectors. Also prepare an electrical safety inspection confirmation certificate and business liability insurance coverage.

4. 4. Sanitation education and business report

   After completing sanitation education for business operators, submit the business report form and the facility documents to the sanitation department of the competent city, county or district (si/gun/gu) office. When the report is received, a business report certificate is issued, and if the facilities need to be checked, an on-site check is carried out within 30 days after issuance.

Required documents

• Lodging business report form
• Outline of business facilities and equipment
• Certificate of completion of sanitation education
• Building register
• When reporting part of a condominium building: documents proving the right to use the business facilities, and a liability insurance policy for the common areas (or a notarized document on liability for damages)
• Fire-related documents such as a certificate of completion of fire-fighting facilities
• Electrical safety inspection confirmation certificate and proof of business liability insurance

Fees

The report fee is a small amount charged separately and differs by jurisdiction. In the market, agency fees are generally in the range of several hundred thousand won, and vary depending on educational environment protection zone deliberation and whether there is a business succession. We will review the building documents and advise you on the fee after a consultation.

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Legal basis and review date

• Public Health Control Act, Article 3
• Public Health Control Act, Article 3-2
• Public Health Control Act, Article 17
• Enforcement Rule of the Public Health Control Act, Article 3
• Educational Environment Protection Act, Article 9

Checked against the statutes on 2026-09-30

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

• Before signing a lease or takeover contract, first check the building use and whether the site falls within an educational environment protection zone.
• The report may be delayed if fire-fighting equipment is not installed in each guest room.

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