Foreign Heirs’ Access to Immovable Estate in Indonesia
Development summary
Yahya Ali Ansyah and Atikah Rahmi address the legal problem faced by foreign-national heirs seeking to acquire immovable estate property in Indonesia. Their analysis focuses on the interaction between inheritance rules and restrictions on foreign ownership of land.
The study adopts a normative legal method based on statutory, conceptual and case approaches. It finds that the coexistence of customary, Islamic and civil inheritance law creates differences in determining the applicable law, while land-ownership restrictions may require foreign heirs to transfer or adjust their rights within the statutory period.
Research note
Issue
The relationship between applicable inheritance rules and restrictions on foreign land ownership when foreign-national heirs inherit immovable property in Indonesia
Why does it matter?
The analysis distinguishes the ability of a foreign national to inherit from the ability to retain ownership of inherited land. That distinction requires inheritance status and land-based ownership restrictions to be assessed together.
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Academic details
“Distribution Of Estate Property In The Form Of Immovable Assets To Foreign-National Heirs: A Civil Law Perspective In Indonesia”
International Journal of Education Vocational and Social Science · 2026
DOI 10.63922/ijevss.v5i03.6241
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Yahya Ali Ansyah, Atikah Rahmi, “Distribution Of Estate Property In The Form Of Immovable Assets To Foreign-National Heirs: A Civil Law Perspective In Indonesia”, International Journal of Education Vocational and Social Science, 2026-08-25, 10.63922/ijevss.v5i03.6241. https://doi.org/10.63922/ijevss.v5i03.6241