PROPERTY IN THAILAND : Part 12 Registering long leases
- Published: 25 Nov 2012 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: Spectrum
Often people who have bought houses or long-leased them many months or years ago come in to see us, bringing the relevant documents. One of the things they often bring with them is an elaborate long-lease document, all in English, signed by the parties.
Here's the problem: Although the documents may be in another language besides Thai or a combination of Thai and another language _ for example, alternating paragraphs _ land offices will only accept documents that are 100% in Thai.
Therefore, if we see a document with English or any other script, we know it can't have been registered at the land office and we then have to explain this to the person visiting us.
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