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Certified Indonesian Property Deed Translation
Certified translation of the documents that record the ownership of land and buildings in Indonesia, including the registry annotations and endorsements that carry the legal effect and that a reader unfamiliar with the system will otherwise skip.
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Flat rate per page, up to 250 words. No hidden fees.
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The hierarchy of titles, which decides everything
Indonesian land rights are ranked: Hak Milik (freehold, Indonesian citizens only), Hak Guna Bangunan (right to build, a renewable term), Hak Pakai (right to use, available to foreigners) and Hak Sewa (lease).
A certificate names one of these and the whole value of the asset follows from which. Rendering any of them as "ownership" destroys the meaning, so we keep the Indonesian term with a plain gloss.
Foreigners cannot hold freehold
A foreigner cannot hold Hak Milik. The common workarounds — a nominee arrangement with an Indonesian citizen, or holding through a PT PMA foreign investment company — have very different legal standing.
A nominee agreement is unenforceable under Indonesian law, and a file resting on one is exposed. We translate the arrangement as written rather than smoothing it over.
The certificate, and the girik
A registered title is a sertipikat from the BPN land agency with a parcel number and a surat ukur survey letter.
But a great deal of Indonesian land is still unregistered and held on girik or petok D — old tax records evidencing possession, not title — which must be converted through BPN. We name which the document is.
The PPAT, the NIB and the names
A transfer is made by deed before a PPAT, the land deed official, and registered at BPN. Modern certificates carry a NIB parcel identification number.
Parties are identified by NIK, and many Indonesians have a single name with no surname. See our Indonesian page.
Ordering, and what the certification covers
Upload the document, choose certified translation at $24.95 per page of up to 250 words, and it comes back typically within 24 hours as a PDF formatted to mirror the original, with a signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead. Marginal annotations are translated in place, in the margin, and every seal, stamp and registry endorsement is translated with the text. See how we translate and certified versus standard.
Frequently asked questions
What is Hak Guna Bangunan?
A right to build for a renewable term. Not freehold, and the term is the material fact.
Can a foreigner own land?
Not Hak Milik. Hak Pakai is available, and nominee arrangements are unenforceable under Indonesian law.
I have a girik.
An old tax record evidencing possession, not title. It must be converted to a certificate through BPN.
Who makes the transfer deed?
A PPAT, the land deed official, and it is registered at BPN.
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