Usufruct Addendum and Registration Guide
At the Land Office, the parties sign the Land Department’s own usufruct contract, in Thai only, which contains only the basic terms. This pack gives you a bilingual Addendum (English and Thai, clause by clause) that records the additional terms between the owner and the usufructuary, and a step-by-step guide to the registration.
What is inside
- Why the document is an Addendum to the registered usufruct, and how it works with the Land Office contract
- The nominee issue: the law on usufruct has not changed, but some Land Offices now apply it more strictly
- What a usufruct gives you, and when you also need a superficies to own the house
- Documents to bring, Power of Attorney on form Tor Dor 21, the procedure at the Land Office and the fees
- What must appear on the back of the title deed after registration
- Checklist, and the bilingual Addendum ready to fill in and sign
Important: registration remains at the discretion of each Land Office. Buying this document does not guarantee that the Land Office will register the usufruct. Call the Land Office before you go.
Related: Usufruct agreements in Thailand
