name change on chanote without sale

[isaanistical]

My wife wants to gift a small piece of land to a close relative (both Thai citizens), so it's just a name transfer, not a sale.

Does anyone know if the name change can be done remotely or by proxy since neither of them now lives locally to the land itself? I hope there is an alternative to trekking to the Land Office in the changwat!

[Peterw42]

21 minutes ago, isaanistical said:

My wife wants to gift a small piece of land to a close relative (both Thai citizens), so it's just a name transfer, not a sale.

Does anyone know if the name change can be done remotely or by proxy since neither of them now lives locally to the land itself? I hope there is an alternative to trekking to the Land Office in the changwat!

 

I think you will find the land office will see the transfer the same as a sale, and they will want all the usual taxes, transfer fees and duties. Otherwise everyone would be declaring a name change rather than a sale.

Otherwise, a lawyer could do the transfer/sale with Power Of Attorney (POA) documents and authority.

[isaanistical]

7 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

 

 

Otherwise, a lawyer could do the transfer/sale with Power Of Attorney (POA) documents and authority.

Aware of that problem, but in fact there would not be any money changing hands!

Do you mean a lawyer could handle it with POA from both involved?

[scubascuba3]

19 minutes ago, isaanistical said:

Aware of that problem, but in fact there would not be any money changing hands!

Do you mean a lawyer could handle it with POA from both involved?

Doesn't matter if money is involved or not, still taxes to be paid. Yes lawyer can handle it

[Peterw42]

1 hour ago, isaanistical said:

Aware of that problem, but in fact there would not be any money changing hands!

Do you mean a lawyer could handle it with POA from both involved?

 

Yes, one lawyer should be able to act for both parties with POA from both parties. Even if no money changes hands, the land office will still want taxes and fees, usually works out to be around 5% of what the land office says the property is worth, not what either party says its worth,