New Procedures for the Issuance of SKPT from the National Land Office (Indonesia)

Procedure of Online Submission to obtain the SKPT

For online submission, the applicants shall go through the following procedures:

1.   The applicant must register themselves on a web-based application maintained by the BPN.

2.   The applicant must fill the relevant information related to the plot of land, such as: location, land certificate number, through the app;

3.   The applicant must submit the scan copy of the land certificate, ID card, and power of attorney (if necessary);

4.   Upon the receipt of application, the system will issue the payment instruction for the applicant to pay the official fees of issuance of SKPT. According to the Government Regulation No. 128 of 2015, the official fee for the issuance of SKPT is IDR 50,000 / SKPT;

5.   The applicant must pay the SKPT fee within 3 calendar days from the issuance of the payment instruction, otherwise the application will be automatically cancelled and the applicant will be required to submit a new application;

6.   Once the payment is confirmed by the system, the application will be processed by the BPN officer by conducting a verification of the documents submitted and the information filled by the applicant;

7.   If all documents are deemed sufficient and confirm with the data maintained by the BPN, the BPN will issue the SKPT to the applicant;

8.   However, if the documents are not sufficient or the information is not in line with the data maintained by the BPN, the BPN will invite the applicant to directly visit the BPN to bring over the required documents for validation purpose. After the manual validation is completed, the BPN will issue the SKPT to the applicant.

Status of Offline Application

While the new online system has been introduced, the BPN Guideline stipulates that applicants are still allowed to directly submit the application for issuance of SKPT at the BPN office. So far, there is no clarity as to whether the BPN will completely shift to online application.

Implementation in Practice

Based on our discussion with some Land Deed Officers (PPAT) in Jakarta, it is correct that now SKPT can be applied through the online system administered by the BPN. However, the integration from manual (offline) data to electronic data has not been fully synchronized, hence in some cases the PPAT are still required to visit BPN office for validation purpose. Even though it may take some time for the government to complete the integration of the land data, the shifting to electronic system can be considered as a major development to expedite SKPT process in Indonesia so that the relevant parties do not need to physically visit the BPN office and can obtain the SKPT in a relatively shorter time.