Is this a standard form, or does a lawyer draft it to accommodate particular circumstances?
Is this a standard form, or does a lawyer draft it to accommodate particular circumstances?
You have to pay tax right and it is registered on the rear of the title.
Also the 30 plus 30 year extensions seem to be fairy tale stuff.
The volume of 30 year leases running since the 1980's is insufficient to cause a property crash here. IMHO.Originally Posted by ChristySweet
Although it never hurts to have one, the "value" of having a 30 year lease is based on individual risk abatement need.
If the property is in a spouses name and the 30 year lease holder splits with the spouse a couple of questions come to mind.
Would the lease holder want to stay on the property?
Is the lease worth anything monetarily?
In most cases the answer to both is no if the lease is on a property in a small village the spouse is from.
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Seeing as you've no clue I'll put section 540 here for you in full with the correct and relevant text highlighted in boldOriginally Posted by FailSafe
Section 540: 'The duration of a hire of immovable property cannot exceed thirty years. If it is made for a longer period, such period shall be reduced to thirty years. The aforesaid period may be renewed, but it must not exceed thirty years from the time of renewal'.
If you include the 2 automatic extensions in the lease the land office will reduce the term to 30 years for you, no questions asked, as per section 540, shown clearly, above, just for you.Originally Posted by FailSafe
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I think you are misinterpreting the passage- it means you cannot sign a 40-year lease (or any period over 30-years- if you sign a 40-year lease, it will only be valid for 30-years)- you can, however, include renewals (also for up to 30-year periods each, but not to exceed 30-years each).
I don't know what point you're trying to make here.
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[quote=Spin;1359451]Originally Posted by FailSafe
Wrong- each extension is looked upon as separate- if you include a single extension for a period of over 30-years, it will be reduced to 30-years- if you allow for more than one extension, it's a different story.
The point is that any lease that is required beyond 30 years can only have a clause that says the current lessee has first option to renew at the end of the 30 years.Originally Posted by FailSafe
It's an option, it's not legally enforcable by the lessee.
No you cant. These will be tossed out of the land office as per section 540Originally Posted by FailSafe
Show me the section in Civil and Commercial code that states this.Originally Posted by FailSafe
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There is nothing in Thai law that allows more than 30 years. Extentions are at the up to the land owner.
You can put it in a contract but at the death a court will rule in favour of the Thais.
I would post a true copy of the contract as issued by the land office, ie the only truelly legal document but I don't have a scanner.
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Section 540: 'The duration of a hire of immovable property cannot exceed thirty years. If it is made for a longer period, such period shall be reduced to thirty years. The aforesaid period may be renewed, but it must not exceed thirty years from the time of renewal'.
Section 564: 'A contract of hire is extinguished at the end of the agreed period without notice'.
The lease may be renewed, however, a promise in the current lease to renew the lease is generally a personal right (i.e. it follows the parties to the agreement and not the land).
Registered and personal rights
In lease or leasehold agreements (or usufruct agreements) it is important to distinguish real rights (or real lease rights) from personal rights (non-lease rights). Real rights are attached to the real property rather than a person and are enforceable against third parties (e.g. transferee owners). Real lease rights follow the title of the property rather than the person. If the owner of the property dies, or transfers ownership of the property during the lease, the property transfers including the real rights it is burdened with. Personal rights will generally not follow the title to the property but the person. If the person dies a personal right or obligation dies with him. Personal rights and obligations are contractual promises relating to the property between the parties signing to the lease agreement only (e.g. under present law a promise to renew the lease).
Thai land & house lease law explained | ‘Hire of real estate property’ (property lease)
Cheers.Originally Posted by the dogcatcher
It would be great if you could find a way of posting it on here.
The problem is that you can draw up any contract you like but renewals are not mentioned in Thai law.
Obviously they want the tax again.
The other problem may well be that when you sign the "real" lease as issued by the land office which is a standard document and not subject to changes any agreement of extention will not be included.
It may well again turn out that that is the only document that the judge will view as "legal".
Doesn't matter how anyone here interprets it. Only matters how a Thai court will rule on the matter.Originally Posted by FailSafe
A decent lawyer who knows what clauses are enforceable and knows precedent in past Thai court rulings will know.Originally Posted by FailSafe
JJ has had his OP answered. If he wants an agreement to include options beyond the 30 years then he needs advice from a competent lawyer who knows if the clause is enforceable.
Give it a rest folks.
Makes sense.Originally Posted by Norton
I'm guessing that in one case where it may come in handy (the lease that is) would be if the Thai spouse passes prior to the leasee. In this case where the land would pass to another family member there might just be some interest to get you out of the land/house for financial reason of gain that spouses family had. I see no harm in having a lease to cover all bases. Even though I do not have one myself.
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"In this case where the land would pass to another family member there might just be some interest to get you out of the land/house for financial reason of gain that spouses family had."
Absolutely SEA.
I'm getting there now.
The only true legal agreement is the lease "registered" at the land office, the lease agreement number is on the back of the chanote, I think.
All other agreements are arguable, but if you're farang you're screwed.
Hope springs eternal, but it will never happen while the CPB are the country's biggest land owners.Originally Posted by FailSafe
As stated before they are up to the land owner, nothing guaranteed even if it is written into the original contract, as 30 years is the allowable maximum by Thai law.Originally Posted by FailSafe
Thus the landowner does not have to honour any perceived obligation, contractual or not.
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Isn't it something with the land lease and extention that is overlooked here?
I seem to remember not long ago that a bunch of thais were thrown out from their leased property. They went to court and lost big time even though they had signed the 30 year lease with extention time written on the title deed.
It's some time ago and I'm not sure on this. The owner of the land sold off his land to a property developer near the end of the 30 year lease and the new owner wasn't obliged to renew the leases and thus kicked the thais out.
I might be entirely wrong on this issue
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A 30 year lease is exactly that, a 30 year lease, you will not get a signed 30 plus 30 year lease done by the land office, the only legal leases are 3 year leases which don't need to be registered at the land office, anything between 3 and 30 years has to be registered at the land office, they are the only options.
3 + 1, 30 + 12 or any variation like that are not legally enforcable, you can take it to court and try to get the second lease enforced, you may win but most likely you will lose.
Again, it does (most likely) make a difference if the agreement is attached to the land title rather than an agreement between two parties (which probably won't be enforceable)- it will be interesting to see how this plays out over the next 10-20 years when the initial lease terms are up.
BTW- to whomever moderates this forum- sorry for breaching the rules earlier and causing the editing of this thread.
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