How To Check Online Land Certificates Via Applications And Website, Here Are The Steps

Illustration of land certificate check (Unsplash/Scott Graham)

YOGYAKARTA - Land certificates are important documents that must be properly stored by the land owner. This document is proof of the legality and proof of land control by the owner. However, there are still some people who are confused about land certificates. Currently you can check the online land certificate.

Land certificates are one of the important documents needed during the legal sale and purchase of property. Land certificates are authentic proof of land ownership and the right of a person to land or land, with official or clear legal status. Every land or property owned is required to be certified officially recognized or registered on ATR/BPN.

The public needs to be aware of the rampant fake land certificates. Currently, you can check the authenticity of land certificates owned online, through online services provided by the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/National Land Agency (BPN). How to check online land certificates?

In the past, checking land certificates had to come to the ATR/BPN office. However, thanks to the presence of digital technology, you can check land certificates online enough via smartphones. This service makes it very easy for you because it is more time-efficient and energy than having to come to the land office.

To check the BPN land certificate online, there are two methods that can be done. You can check it through the application and through the official website of the ministry/institution. Here are the steps to check online land certificates.

You can check land certificates through the Touch Tanahku application. You can download this application for free on the Play Store and App Store. Here's how to check the land certificate via Touch Tanahku.

1. Enter the Touch Tanahku application on your phone.

2. Register in advance to create an account. Account registration requires your active email.

3. You will receive the activity link sent to the email. Please click the link.

4. You are directed to the user's activity page. Please click the activation' option to enable the account.

5. After the account registration is successful, please log in using the account that has been created.

6. Login by entering a username and password.

7. Click the 'Check Online BPN Files' menu

8. Click 'Certificate Info'

9. BPN will display land certificate data and ownership

You can also check online land certificates through the website or official ATR/BPN website. Here's how to check land certificates via the website.

1. Go to the page www.atrbpn.go.id.

2. Click the 'Publication' menu.

3. Click the'service' menu.

4. Click the 'file check' menu.

5. Enter the requested information, in the form of an office, file number, year.

6. Then click 'Search for Files;

7. BPN will display land certificate and ownership data information.

Land certificates are very important state documents, issued by BPN. Provisions regarding land certificate registration and ownership have been regulated in Government Regulations.

When you buy land or get a new land certificate, the certificate must be registered in advance to obtain legality or legal certainty. The following is the purpose of registering a land certificate, as stipulated in Article 3 of PP No. 24 of 1997.

That's information about how to check online land certificates through applications and websites. Before you buy land or property, make sure you check the authenticity of the detention certificate first. You must take this step to avoid fraud with fake land certificates.

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