Don't Panic if Your Land Certificate is Lost, Here's How to Handle It

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Losing a land or house certificate often causes panic among owners, as the document is the strongest proof of ownership.

However, people do not need to worry because a lost certificate can be replaced through a formal procedure at the Land Office.

A certificate is a strong instrument of evidence regarding the physical and legal data of land as regulated in Article 32 paragraph (1) of Government Regulation (PP) Number 24 of 1997 concerning Land Registration.

Therefore, when a certificate is lost, the owner must immediately take care of the replacement to avoid misuse.

The first step that must be taken is to make a loss report at the local police station.

This letter of loss becomes one of the mandatory documents in the processing of a replacement certificate.

After that, the owner submits an application for a replacement certificate to the land office under the Ministry of ATR/BPN according to the location of the land.

This application is regulated in Article 57 of PP Number 24 of 1997, which states that a replacement certificate can be issued if the old certificate is lost.

One of the important stages in the issuance of a replacement certificate is the announcement of the loss in the mass media.

This is done to give other parties who may be interested the opportunity to file objections.

If within a certain period there are no objections, the process of issuing the replacement certificate can be continued.

The land office will conduct research on land data, both physical and legal, to ensure that there are no disputes, blocks, or seizures.

If necessary, officers can also re-measure the land.

The next document that needs to be prepared is a photocopy of the lost land certificate (if any), a statement letter under oath by the right holder/the person who lost it, and a letter of loss report from the local Police.

Based on information from the Sentuh Tanahku application managed by the Ministry of ATR/BPN, here are the costs for processing a lost land certificate:

So, the total cost of processing a lost land certificate is IDR 350,000 per certificate.

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