Law & Ownership

Leasehold land plot in Kutuh, Kuta Selatan, Badung, Bali, sold on a 25-year term

Bali Land Lease Extension: What You Are Actually Promised

Two plots in Kutuh, minutes apart. One is freehold, 97 are, at Rp 325,000,000 per are. The other is a twenty-five-year lease, 7 are, at Rp 325,000,000 per are. Twenty-five years costs exactly what forever costs. So the extension clause in that lease is not a detail at the back of the contract — it is most of what the buyer is paying for. And "extendable" in Bali describes three different arrangements,...

Aerial view of the southern coast of Badung regency, Bali

Bali Land Certificate Check: What Proof You Actually Get

Every plot on this site is sold with a certificate. That is not the reassurance it sounds like. Under Indonesian law a certificate is strong evidence of a right — not proof of one, and not proof that the person holding it may sell it. The distance between those two statements is where Bali land deals fail. This is the procedure for closing that distance: which records exist, which office holds the...

Limestone cliffs and hidden beaches of South Kuta, Bali

Can Foreigners Own Land in Bali? Every Legal Structure, Compared

Short answer: no foreigner can hold Hak Milik — freehold title — over land in Bali, and no structure changes that. What a foreigner can hold is a different right over the same plot: a use right, a building right, or a lease. Those are real, registrable and bankable. The trouble starts when someone sells you Hak Milik anyway and calls the workaround "as good as ownership". This page sets out every...