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Kolaboro / Countries / Thailand / Buyer protection law

Off-plan buyer protection law in Thailand

The rules on delays, refunds, escrow and title, quoted from the official text.

2 rules of Thailand law that matter when you buy off-plan, each quoted from the official text with a link. We include an article only after reading it in the official source. General information, not legal advice: ask a local lawyer about your contract.

Foreigners together may own at most 49% of the unit area in a Thai condominium#

Title type, Who is buying and selling

In each condominium, all foreign owners together may hold at most 49% of the total area of all units. If the foreign quota is full, a foreigner cannot be registered as owner. Ask the developer for the current foreign quota figure and how your unit is counted.

อาคารชุดแต่ละอาคารชุดจะมีคนต่างด้าวหรือนิติบุคคลตามที่ระบุไว้ในมาตรา ๑๙ ถือกรรมสิทธิ์ในห้องชุดได้เมื่อรวมกันแล้วต้องไม่เกินอัตราร้อยละสี่สิบเก้าของเนื้อที่ของห้องชุดทั้งหมดในอาคารชุดนั้นในขณะที่ขอจดทะเบียนอาคารชุดตามมาตรา ๖

Translation: In each condominium, foreigners or juristic persons under section 19 may hold ownership of units which, combined, must not exceed forty-nine percent of the area of all units in that condominium at the time of applying to register the condominium under section 6.

Condominium Act B.E. 2522 (1979), as amended, Section 19 bis. Department of Lands, Ministry of Interior (dol.go.th).

A foreign buyer must show the money came from abroad#

Payment schedule

A foreigner buying under the foreign funds route must show evidence that foreign currency was brought into Thailand, or was withdrawn from a non-resident baht account or a foreign currency account, for at least the price of the unit. Keep the bank's transfer documents for every payment.

สำหรับคนต่างด้าวและนิติบุคคลตามมาตรา ๑๙ (๕) ต้องแสดงหลักฐานการนำเงินตราต่างประเทศเข้ามาในราชอาณาจักรหรือหลักฐานการถอนเงินจากบัญชีเงินบาทของบุคคลที่มีถิ่นที่อยู่นอกประเทศหรือถอนเงินจากบัญชีเงินฝากเงินตราต่างประเทศในจำนวนไม่น้อยกว่าค่าห้องชุดที่จะซื้อ

Translation: Foreigners and juristic persons under section 19 (5) must show evidence of bringing foreign currency into the Kingdom, or evidence of withdrawing money from the baht account of a person resident abroad or from a foreign currency deposit account, in an amount not less than the price of the unit to be bought.

Condominium Act B.E. 2522 (1979), as amended, Section 19 ter (5). Department of Lands, Ministry of Interior (dol.go.th).

Used by the late-handover calculator and the contract law notes. See also how to check a project in Thailand.

Did we misread a rule? Send documents and we add your reply or correct the record: right of reply · corrections. Every figure here is computed from the open dataset (/data/bali-cases.json, CC BY 4.0) and changes when the data changes.

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