Legal basis: Provisional Regulations on the Registration of Real Estate
Article 6 The competent department of land and resources of the State Council is responsible for guiding and supervising the national real estate registration. The local people's governments at or above the county level shall designate a department as the real estate registration institution within their respective administrative areas, which shall be responsible for the real estate registration and accept the guidance and supervision of the real estate registration department of the people's government at a higher level.
Article 7 Real estate registration shall be handled by the real estate registration agency of the people's government at the county level where the real estate is located; The people's governments of municipalities directly under the central government and cities divided into districts may determine the real estate registration agencies at the same level to uniformly handle the real estate registration in their respective jurisdictions. Real estate registration across county-level administrative regions shall be handled by real estate registration agencies across county-level administrative regions respectively. If it cannot be handled separately, it shall be handled through consultation by the real estate registration agency across county-level administrative regions; If negotiation fails, it shall be handled by the real estate registration department of the people's government at the next higher level. The registration of key state-owned forest areas identified in the State Council, sea areas and islands approved by the State Council and forests, trees and woodlands of state-owned land used by central state organs shall be stipulated by the competent department of land and resources of the State Council jointly with relevant departments.