Legal Literacy - Issues regarding land ownership disputes purchased jointly often occur and result in prolonged conflicts, similar to what happened to my colleague who will jointly purchase a land object (property) and regarding the joint purchase, he asked about the Rules and Methods of Purchase to Avoid Disputes in the future. Therefore, I will explain the Methods and Rules of Purchasing Land Objects Purchased Jointly to Avoid Disputes concretely and thoroughly.

Rules of Joint Land Ownership

That in the case of land ownership purchased jointly, it is clearly regulated in Article 1 Paragraph 20 of Government Regulation (PP) Number 24 of 1997 concerning Land Registration. In essence, the article defines a certificate as a proof of right to land rights, management rights, waqf land, ownership rights to apartment units, and mortgage rights.

In addition, it must also be underlined that a land certificate is the strongest legal proof of ownership of a property object, therefore a land certificate cannot be handed over to just anyone to avoid problems and/or disputes in the future, of course.

Furthermore, the provisions of Article 31 Paragraph 4 of Government Regulation (PP) Number 24 of 1997 concerning Land Registration also explain that a land certificate can include more than one owner's name, regarding land rights or ownership rights to apartment units owned jointly by several people or legal entities issued in one certificate, which will later be received by one of the joint rights holders upon written appointment by the other joint rights holders.

From the above, it can be concluded that certificate ownership is not only owned by one person but can be owned by two or more.