Lack of papers delays land certification<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): An executive of the National Land Agency said on
\nSaturday that the main obstacle in the processing of land
\nownership certificates in Jakarta is the inadequacy of authentic
\ndocuments.<\/p>\n
Deputy chairman of the National Land Agency, in charge of land
\nregistration and measurement, Sutardja Sudrajat said, \"Many
\npeople coming to the agency to process their land certificates do
\nnot have the proper documents with them, thereby forcing the
\nagency to use more time in tracing the land ownership.\"<\/p>\n
Speaking at a one-day seminar on how to increase public
\nservices in land documentation processing, Sutardja said land
\ncertification is very important to guarantee the legal status of
\nproperties.<\/p>\n
The seminar, held at the Kartika Chandra Hotel, was sponsored
\nby the Association of Land Certificate Processors and the
\nInstitute of Land Research. It was officially opened by State
\nMinister for Land Affairs\/National Land Agency Chairman
\nSony Harsono.<\/p>\n
It was attended by 200 participants, including noted figures
\nsuch as Chief of the Jakarta State Administrative Court Benyamin
\nMangkudilaga, Dean of the Law School of the Gadjah Mada
\nUniversity Maria S.W. Soemardjono and a member of the National
\nHuman Rights Commission Marzuki Darusman.<\/p>\n
Sutardja said most Indonesians usually receive their
\ninheritance from their parents or other relatives, especially in
\nthe form of land plots, without any documents stating the legal
\ndeed or authenticity.<\/p>\n
\"Due to the absence of documents, the agency is frequently
\nforced to check the family records of a person who wants to have
\nhis properties registered. This is to prevent confusion in which
\nthe person who wants to process his land certificate under his
\nname, actually represents other relatives who are also entitled
\nto the properties,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Sutardja said that out of all properties in Jakarta, only 30
\npercent have been issued with certificates. \"This year the agency
\nreceived 12,058 applications for the processing of land
\ncertificates and 10,627 of these have been completed.<\/p>\n
He said the agency is currently considering the possibility of
\nstreamlining procedures for the processing of these certificates,
\nwhich is currently still considered time-consuming and
\ncomplicated.<\/p>\n
The agency, for example, plans to establish a special service
\nbureau to be assigned to provide quick services for the public in
\nland certificate processing.<\/p>\n
Sutardja said the agency also plans to computerize its
\nprocessing system of land certifications in order to help reduce
\narduous procedures.<\/p>\n
The agency also wants to transfer its duty in the measurement
\nand checking of the size of properties registered by private
\nfirms, he said. (mas)<\/p>",
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