6 hours ago, newnative said:

You can sell a condo legally to a buyer not even in the country. And, as I said in my previous post, a seller need not be in the country, either. I don't recall visa status ever coming up with any of our numerous condo buy and sells. Our sales contracts had copies of the buyer and seller's passport photo page only for identification purposes. I don't know if the Land Office checks visa status--never came up as an issue. I would think if you are here illegally you would be keeping your head down and not be calling attention to yourself with any government officials.

Did you not understand the question?

8 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Did you not understand the question?

Yes, and I answered it. Did you not read the part where I said I don't know if the Land Office checks a buyer's visa status? So, once again, I don't know--and don't really care, either. As I also said, it was never an issue with the 18 condo sales we did in Pattaya, nor the 2 in Rayong and the one in Bangkok.

39 minutes ago, newnative said:

Yes, and I answered it. Did you not read the part where I said I don't know if the Land Office checks a buyer's visa status? So, once again, I don't know--and don't really care, either. As I also said, it was never an issue with the 18 condo sales we did in Pattaya, nor the 2 in Rayong and the one in Bangkok.

Whether or not the land office check's a buyer's visa status has nothing to do with the legality.

20 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Whether or not the land office check's a buyer's visa status has nothing to do with the legality.

Feel free to research the legality--as I said, it's of no interest to me. And, for me, it's a non-issue. When we sell a property, we require a fairly sizeable, non-refundable deposit from the buyer when the contract is signed. If, for whatever reason, the buyer does not complete the purchase, we keep the deposit and relist the property. (For fairness, we pay a sizeable penalty to the buyer if we don't complete the sale.) Surprise--when there is the risk of losing money, the buyers, with one or two exceptions, have all had their ducks in a row, as did we, and the sales were completed. The one or two that did not go through had nothing to do with visa status.

8 minutes ago, newnative said:

Feel free to research the legality--as I said, it's of no interest to me. And, for me, it's a non-issue. When we sell a property, we require a fairly sizeable, non-refundable deposit from the buyer when the contract is signed. If, for whatever reason, the buyer does not complete the purchase, we keep the deposit and relist the property. (For fairness, we pay a sizeable penalty to the buyer if we don't complete the sale.) Surprise--when there is the risk of losing money, the buyers, with one or two exceptions, have all had their ducks in a row, as did we, and the sales were completed. The one or two that did not go through had nothing to do with visa status.

So you don't know, thanks

On 4/21/2026 at 10:47 AM, Yellowtail said:

Can you sell a condo legally to someone that is in the county illegally?

Yes.

"In Thailand, there is no specific law that explicitly bans the sale of property to a foreigner based solely on their immigration status."

3 hours ago, Yumthai said:

Yes.

"In Thailand, there is no specific law that explicitly bans the sale of property to a foreigner based solely on their immigration status."

No.

"In Thailand, there is a specific law that explicitly bans the sale of property to a foreigner depending solely on their immigration status."

5 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

No.

"In Thailand, there is a specific law that explicitly bans the sale of property to a foreigner depending solely on their immigration status."

Please quote that law.