PROPERTY IN THAILAND, Part 7 Land offices and property surveys
- Published: 14 Oct 2012 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: Spectrum
Last week, we mentioned that for property, much of the government's administrative power in Thailand rests with the land office. This week we'll talk about some of the functions of the land office, specifically how a survey is conducted and what you as a tenant or land owner need to know about this.
Who runs the land offices? Government officials called land officers. Supervisors in the land offices are generally appointed through an internal selective process. Often part of the promotion process is transfer to another land office. The supervisor of all land offices is the the director-general of the Land Department, who reports to the interior minister.
The land offices have responsibilities under the Land Code and other laws such as the Condominium Act. The ones on which we will concentrate are:
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