Thread: Is it a good time to buy rice/farmland.?

Ahh, you bought it for them then. Congrats.


The most noticeable thing I noticed about buying here was the sheer speed of the process.


Get yer docs, into the land office, stamp stamp, sign sign done by brunch time.


Went through bloody 6 months of legal bs back home with foking government regulations and surveyors and foking this and that. Foking clowns the lot of 'em.

ye its terrible when you know the game.

Here's a few simple facts on land buying etc.
If you buy a condo and are married to a Thai, it's half hers, all property purchased after marriage is communal, civil code.

In most cases you can not get charonte titles issued on demand, you can pay for a charnote survey, get the pegs in, but the charnote will not be issued until that area is under the national charnote survey.
Had 50 rai surveyed 8 years ago, still no charnote and if the land was crown land you can't change ownership for 10 years after the charonte was issued.

If your wife buys land in her Thai name, leaving you out of the picture, you own 1/2 that land in the case of divorce, again all property is communal after marriage.

Chico, if your land is covered by a amphor or tessiban, you need planning permission to build, if it's covered under an other government agency, IE farm land you won't get permission and the house can be bulldozer at any time.

Jim not building on that land though now we have the Nor Sor Si (4) Jor (Chanote)

Originally Posted by jamescollister

If you buy a condo and are married to a Thai, it's half hers, all property purchased after marriage is communal, civil code.

That's interesting.

What section of the civil code?

Originally Posted by Auroria

Originally Posted by jamescollister

If you buy a condo and are married to a Thai, it's half hers, all property purchased after marriage is communal, civil code.

That's interesting.

What section of the civil code?

Real state magnate Luigi your fucked.

Originally Posted by Auroria

Originally Posted by jamescollister

If you buy a condo and are married to a Thai, it's half hers, all property purchased after marriage is communal, civil code.

That's interesting.

What section of the civil code?

It's covered under different parts, but to keep it simple, cut and paste.


Section1533. Upon divorce, the Sin Somros shall be divided equally between man and woman.


Sin Somros

that is marital assets or property of the marriage jointly owned by husband and wife, in general all properties acquired after the marriage (except those listed in section 1471 under 3)

Originally Posted by Chico

Originally Posted by Auroria

Originally Posted by jamescollister

If you buy a condo and are married to a Thai, it's half hers, all property purchased after marriage is communal, civil code.

That's interesting.

What section of the civil code?

Real state magnate Luigi your fucked.

Me no understandy?

Wouldn't I need to be married?

Originally Posted by Chico

Real state magnate

Shouldn't that be 'Really State'?

Originally Posted by Luigi

Originally Posted by Chico

Originally Posted by Auroria

Originally Posted by jamescollister

If you buy a condo and are married to a Thai, it's half hers, all property purchased after marriage is communal, civil code.

That's interesting.

What section of the civil code?

Real state magnate Luigi your fucked.

Me no understandy?

Wouldn't I need to be married?

OH you mean no one luv you long time.

No, it means I'm smarter than you.

I don't tink so you buy shitty condos.

give her the money to buy you out.

Originally Posted by Chico

ye its terrible when you know the game.

Originally Posted by Chico

ended up paying 6,000 can't really remember all the details it was a mind field to understand.

Catch a glimpse at foking Babe Ruth over here.



So who actually owns it now?

Do you know?

Originally Posted by Chico

give her the money to buy you out.

Thanks Chico. One can always rely on Teakdoor members to give sound advice.

Originally Posted by Luigi

Originally Posted by Chico

ye its terrible when you know the game.

Originally Posted by Chico

ended up paying 6,000 can't really remember all the details it was a mind field to understand.

Catch a glimpse at foking Babe Ruth over here.



So who actually owns it now?

Do you know?

You total knob 6k to change name of land,phew you are tick

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Originally Posted by Chico

give her the money to buy you out.

Thanks Chico. One can always rely on Teakdoor members to give sound advice.

I do apologise legal matters ain't my thing, I'll never have the option of divorce.

So you don't know who owns it then.

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Originally Posted by jamescollister

Section1533. Upon divorce, the Sin Somros shall be divided equally between man and woman.

When me and the missus bought our land. We obviously went to the Land Registry office to change the names on the land paper. We have full Chanote. On being processed I was asked for my passport. Of which the details in it were logged. I wondered why and I was told that due to me providing the monies to buy the land I had a claim.

Originally Posted by jamescollister

Upon divorce, the Sin Somros shall be divided equally between man and woman.

Okay I can understand that but how the hell is my wife going to buy me out? If she sits tight I still get nothing.

You may be forced to sell and split any profit 50/50. At least that is what I had to do in the US. An equal split in all personal property is also required in Thailand divorces if purchased while married. This usually occurs when no mutual agreement can be reached, or if one spouse can not buy out the other.

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

When me and the missus bought our land. We obviously went to the Land Registry office to change the names on the land paper. We have full Chanote. On being processed I was asked for my passport. Of which the details in it were logged. I wondered why and I was told that due to me providing the monies to buy the land I had a claim.

This is the weirdest thing I've heard in ten years of living here.

"I was told that due to me providing the monies to buy the land I had a claim."

How the hell would that work?

A claim on the land, as a falang?

Extraordinary.

Of course i don;t own it,don't you know farang can't own land in Thailand,well not legally anyway.

Originally Posted by rickschoppers

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Originally Posted by jamescollister

Section1533. Upon divorce, the Sin Somros shall be divided equally between man and woman.

When me and the missus bought our land. We obviously went to the Land Registry office to change the names on the land paper. We have full Chanote. On being processed I was asked for my passport. Of which the details in it were logged. I wondered why and I was told that due to me providing the monies to buy the land I had a claim.

Originally Posted by jamescollister

Upon divorce, the Sin Somros shall be divided equally between man and woman.

Okay I can understand that but how the hell is my wife going to buy me out? If she sits tight I still get nothing.

You may be forced to sell and split any profit 50/50. At least that is what I had to do in the US. An equal split in all personal property is also required in Thailand if purchased while married.

thought it was 52/48?

^^ Actually they can, 1 rai, 40m+ investment etc.



So who owns it? Do you know?

Originally Posted by rickschoppers

You may be forced to sell and split any profit 50/50. At least that is what I had to do in the US. An equal split in all personal property is also required in Thailand if purchased while married.

I understand but can I just say I'm happily married and no visions of getting a divorce.