Lack of papers delays land certification
Lack of papers delays land certification
JAKARTA (JP): An executive of the National Land Agency said on
Saturday that the main obstacle in the processing of land
ownership certificates in Jakarta is the inadequacy of authentic
documents.
Deputy chairman of the National Land Agency, in charge of land
registration and measurement, Sutardja Sudrajat said, "Many
people coming to the agency to process their land certificates do
not have the proper documents with them, thereby forcing the
agency to use more time in tracing the land ownership."
Speaking at a one-day seminar on how to increase public
services in land documentation processing, Sutardja said land
certification is very important to guarantee the legal status of
properties.
The seminar, held at the Kartika Chandra Hotel, was sponsored
by the Association of Land Certificate Processors and the
Institute of Land Research. It was officially opened by State
Minister for Land Affairs/National Land Agency Chairman
Sony Harsono.
It was attended by 200 participants, including noted figures
such as Chief of the Jakarta State Administrative Court Benyamin
Mangkudilaga, Dean of the Law School of the Gadjah Mada
University Maria S.W. Soemardjono and a member of the National
Human Rights Commission Marzuki Darusman.
Sutardja said most Indonesians usually receive their
inheritance from their parents or other relatives, especially in
the form of land plots, without any documents stating the legal
deed or authenticity.
"Due to the absence of documents, the agency is frequently
forced to check the family records of a person who wants to have
his properties registered. This is to prevent confusion in which
the person who wants to process his land certificate under his
name, actually represents other relatives who are also entitled
to the properties," he said.
Sutardja said that out of all properties in Jakarta, only 30
percent have been issued with certificates. "This year the agency
received 12,058 applications for the processing of land
certificates and 10,627 of these have been completed.
He said the agency is currently considering the possibility of
streamlining procedures for the processing of these certificates,
which is currently still considered time-consuming and
complicated.
The agency, for example, plans to establish a special service
bureau to be assigned to provide quick services for the public in
land certificate processing.
Sutardja said the agency also plans to computerize its
processing system of land certifications in order to help reduce
arduous procedures.
The agency also wants to transfer its duty in the measurement
and checking of the size of properties registered by private
firms, he said. (mas)