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Required docs for condo ownership

scbrock

Hello

I had a rude awakening recently. I went to immigration to apply for the 90 day visa and one of the requirents was a bluebook with registration and title deed. Well, come to find out all I have is the lease agreement. Its for leasehold status. I bought this unit about 7 years ago and this has not come up before. A grave oversight on my part. Immigration is overlooking the missing documents for a fee. More than I would like to admit.


Anyway, I would like to correct this but don't really know where to start. Its a different land owner now than when I purchased. The agent I purchased the unit through is still around but doesn't seem interested in advising on this. He tells me the yellow book is better than the blue one. I really wouldn't know.


Can anyone advise what I should do. I assume I should be visiting the land office at some point.

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Maxi Mari

The main question is the Property deed called Chanote (a big certificate yellow color with unit's planimetric shape on front and owner's data on the back), this is the first document you should have received if registration was done on your name at Land office at time of purchase, together they should have given a bluebook connected to your unit that is a residency registration book but to be used only in case of a Thai citizen living at that place, and that's a book you have to keep in safe place and not give to anyone.

On the other hand with all that documents you have to go to a local Municipality (Amphoe) and apply for the Yellow book which is the only one for foreigners and where your name will be registered living in that unit and address.

So yes, a visit at Land office should be a possible first step if you can't find the Property deed (chanote).

Hope you can solve the matter.

scbrock

I suppose the first step is to see if the unit was properly registered in my name at the land office. I don't have the property deed. The only thing I have is the lease agreement book. It may be the prior owner had the book but he was not here when the purchase was made. I actually never met him. Everything was done through an agent. He may have the registration and deed with him. He is in the states but I don't have any contact info for him.


Thanks for your response and input