Minister ATR: BPHTB Verification Now Accelerated to Three Days

The Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/Head of the National Land Agency (ATR/BPN), Nusron Wahid, announced that a new Joint Circular (SEB) will accelerate the verification and validation of the Land and Building Acquisition Duty (BPHTB) to a maximum of three days. This initiative is designed to speed up land title transfer services.

One of the bottlenecks causing delays in the transfer of rights service has been the verification or validation of BPHTB payments by respective regional governments. With the SEB, verification is capped at three days and adopts a positive fictitious approach, meaning if it is not verified within three days, it is automatically deemed approved.

Nusron, alongside Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian, signed the SEB to support the acceleration of the transfer of rights service. The three-day limit is part of a service transformation targeting the completion of the entire transfer of title process within a maximum of 10 days.

Previously, the non-uniform verification process across regions slowed down the title transfer procedure. With the accelerated BPHTB verification, the process will proceed to the creation of the Sale and Purchase Deed (AJB) within a maximum of two days. Subsequently, the applicant’s file will be processed by the Ministry of ATR/BPN within a maximum of five days.

With this division of time, the entire transfer of rights process is targeted for completion within a maximum of 10 days. The 10-day transfer of rights service will be implemented in 17 Land Offices (Kantah) on 17 August as a gift for Indonesian Independence Day. If successful, the service will be available to the public in 41 regencies and cities by the end of August 2026.

The Ministry of ATR/BPN aims to expand the service to 76 regencies and cities within the next three months, proportionally covering around 70 per cent of total land services. Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian committed to strengthening coordination to accelerate land services, stating the SEB provides a legal umbrella for regional governments and the ATR/BPN Ministry to integrate data and speed up BPHTB payments.