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Article 6-2 of Korea's Real Estate Transaction Reporting Act and article 4-3 of its Decree require housing leases with a deposit over 60 million won or rent over 300,000 won to be reported jointly within 30 days. Late reports draw 20,000 to 300,000 won by delay and amount, false reports 1 million won, and submitting the contract counts as a fixed date.

Delivery and resident registration create opposing power; a fixed-date stamp adds priority repayment. And the statute says you cannot be repaid unless you hand the property over.

We opened the Housing Lease Protection Act: “0:00 the day after” is nowhere in it, and the test is delivery of the house plus resident registration — both.

In Seoul, deposits up to ₩165m get small-deposit priority and ₩55m is repaid ahead of the mortgage — two different numbers. Renewal is due two months before expiry.