Thai National And Land Ownership After Marriage

[jumbo]

I heard from a foreigner that lives here for 23 years is married and has residency that his wife cannot purchase land in her name

Since have some plans related to that as well I was wondering if that is correct??

Have other married foreigners had the same problem??

thx

[hanuman2543]

Read the thread here on TV "When wife buys Land" from the end of January, you will find all neccessary informations. Here is one of my answers. As you can see the infos you got, are wrong.

From the webpage of the Land Departement:http://www.dol.go.th/

" An alien whose spouse is a Thai national either legitimate or illegitimate, that Thai national can purchase land but the alien spouse of that Thai national must give a joint written confirmation that the money which that Thai national will expend on purchasing the land is wholly the separate property or personal effects of that Thai national and not the Sin Somros or jointly acquired property."

Section 111 Any person who violates or fails to comply with Section 86 shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousands Baht or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or both

Section 113 Any person who acquires land as an agent of an alien or juristic person under the provisions of Section 97 or 98 shall be punished with a fine not exceeding twenty thousand Baht or an imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both.

Section 137 Whoever, giving any false information to any official, and is likely to cause injury to any person or the public, shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding six months or fine not exceeding one thousand Baht, or both

Section 267 Whoever, notifying the official doing oneself's duty to make any false entry in the public or official document for the aims to be used as evidence, shall be imprisoned not out of three years or fined not out of six

Let your wife google the laws in Thai, you can find them very easy

[chiangmaibruce]

This fellow has given you incorrect, outdated information.

It's amazing how many times this question is still asked ... about a law that was repealed some 10-11 years ago

[jumbo]

So anyone has an opinion which the member can actually confirm with an updated/correct link?

[thaiwanderer]

Lots of theads (with links) if you wish to search - though that will be internet information with the usual caveats.

A thai wife can buy land. The land office will require her to prove the purchase funds are hers or have the farang husband sign a declaration of no interest.

Edited February 4, 2012 by thaiwanderer

[Pib]

So anyone has an opinion which the member can actually confirm with an updated/correct link?

The wife can still buy land...tons of posts regarding this subject like mentioned in Post #2 above.

You might want to ask that "...foreigner that lives here for 23 years is married and has residency..." to provide a link supporting what he says...I think you will find out he can't.