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Permit for Woodcutting

伐木许可

ໃບອະນຸຍາດຕັດໄມ້

Any individual or legal entity intending to cut woods for usage or sale. Apply at Agriculture and Forestry Department.

Who needs this

Any individual or legal entity intending to cut woods for usage or sale.

Document	Note
Application form
Land Title
Family Registration Book	or Address Certificate (copy)
Technical note
Certificate from the Chief of District or district office of Agriculture and Forestry

Document	Note
Registration (of the last year)
Land Title
Family Registration Book	or Address Certificate (copy)
Certificate from the Chief of District or district office of Agriculture and Forestry
Technical note
Official Note from District Forestry Sector	to certify that the applicant has not finished the wood cutting yet

Means of presentation: At the Authority Offices
Address of authority: Agriculture and Forestry Department, Vientiane Capital
Processing time: 10 Required documents shall be submitted at the Single Window Service of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry of Vientiane Capital. Then, they will authorize some technical officers together with authorities from the District Office of Agriculture and Forestry to inspect woods and register them as standing trees. Once the inspection is done, the Forestry Division will report the department to request approval.

Has an expiry date: NO
Renewal process: The permit is valid for 3 to 15 days depends on the amount of woods needed to be cut, but it can be extended if the cutting could not be completed under the conditions. However, it needs a notification from the District Office of Forestry to confirm that the products have not been cut yet.

Woodcutting is prohibited in the conservation forest areas, village sacred forests, protection forests, watershed forests.