Thai real estate
The owner of the building does not have to be the same as the owner of the land. Foreigners may not own the land itself, but may own the building on the land...
Thai Civil Code
Family law in Thailand is primarily codified in the Civil and Commercial Code. The legal system of Family Law in Thailand is based on the European Civil Law system...
Thailand condos
Condominium in Thailand is a term generally used to describe an apartment unit in a condominium building registered under the Condominium Act...
Thai real rights
Real rights (usufruct, superficies, habitation, servitude) in Thailand are property rights registered and attached to a property rather than a person...
Samui Real Estate Lawyer
THE WORK OF A SAMUI LAWYER FOCUSSES ON REAL ESTATE
Most of the work of a Samui lawyer revolves around real estate transactions and property development on the island. The bulk of the practice of a Samui law firm is centered around real estate legal work. Samui lawyers guide mostly foreign clients through all aspects of buying real estate in Thailand.
Buying real estate in Samui Thailand
Thai real-estate can be divided into the following (immovable) objects:
- Apartments registered under the Condominium Act of Thailand
- Apartments NOT registered unde the Condominium Act
- Land
- House
- Land and house
Foreign property ownership and rights of possession can be devided into:
- Freehold ownership of an apartment registered under the Condominium Act (within the foreign 49% ownership ratio of such a condominium)
- Ownership over a building separate from its land
- A registered leasehold of up to 30 years of
- a condominium unit registered under the Condominium Act...
- an apartment unit not registered under the Condominium Act (as part of a building)
- land and/ or house
- land (combined with ownership over the building upon the land)
- Right of superficies (alienation by the owner of the surface of soil of all rights necessary for building on the surface)
- Right of usufruct
- Right of habitation
- Controlling shares in a company that owns real estate