The real estate registration certificate in Korea is essential public notice information for tenants: it supports pre-lease risk checks, protects security deposits, helps prevent jeonse fraud, and serves as key evidence in disputes. Yet Korea denies t...
The real estate registration certificate in Korea is essential public notice information for tenants: it supports pre-lease risk checks, protects security deposits, helps prevent jeonse fraud, and serves as key evidence in disputes. Yet Korea denies the public reliability of registration while charging fees for viewing and issuing registration information, creating a financial barrier to the “mandatory verification” that citizens must perform to secure transactional safety. From a housing-rights perspective, this study examines the necessity and legitimacy of waiving (or quasi-waiving) issuance fees and compares alternative designs—universal fee waivers, housing-purpose conditional waivers, exemptions/vouchers for vulnerable groups, and free viewing with cost-based issuance—to propose policy and legislative options. Using 2018–2024 revenue from viewing fees, it also assesses fiscal implications and suggests replacement financing.