Home Affairs Ministry Proposes Fine for Lost E-KTP

The Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) has proposed the imposition of a fine if an electronic identity card or e-KTP is lost. The establishment of this fine is one of 13 points in the regulations proposed by Kemendagri in the revision of Law No. 24 of 2013 on Population Administration (Adminduk). Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Bima Arya stated that the absence of sanctions and fines leads to a lack of responsibility among the public towards their population documents. “Many citizens are somewhat irresponsible in using or maintaining their KTP and other identity documents, so they are easily lost and so on. If they want to get a new one, it’s free,” he said during a working meeting with Commission II of the DPR at the DPR/MPR Building on Monday, 20 April 2026. Bima explained that every day there are tens of thousands of population documents that are lost and reprinted by the Population and Civil Registration Office without charge, i.e., for free. Therefore, Kemendagri needs to regulate the imposition of fees for reprinting such documents to improve budget efficiency and encourage citizens to be more orderly in their administration. “It needs to be considered so that citizens can be more responsible by requiring them to pay, bearing the full cost, a fine,” said Bima. Bima noted that the imposition of the fine could be exempted for certain conditions, such as natural disasters, changes in data elements, or damage due to factors beyond the citizen’s control. In addition to the fine for lost e-KTPs, several other regulations proposed by Kemendagri in the Adminduk Bill include strengthening the population identification number (NIK) as a single identity number and the addition of child identity cards (KIA) as population documents. Furthermore, Kemendagri has proposed adjusting the term ‘cacat’ to ‘disabilitas’ in population documents, regulating the use of the population administration information system (SIAK), and dividing the management of population administration between local and central governments.