Land Ownership Registration by a Thai Married to Foreign National

Land Acquisition
by Thai national married to a foreigner

A Thai national married to a foreign national may acquire land in Thailand but it must be assured that the land will be a personal property of the Thai spouse and not a joint asset between husband and wife based on marital property laws.

Matrimonial Property of Husband and Wife

Family and matrimonial laws in Thailand governing assets of husband and wife, marital property, and the making of an pre-marriage contract (or prenup prenuptial agreement between a man and a woman in contemplation of marriage). Marriage and contracts concerning property of husband and wife is governed by the sections 1465 to 1469 of the Thailand Civil and Commercial Code.

CHAPTER IV

PROPERTY OF HUSBAND AND WIFE

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Section 1465. Where the husband and wife have not, previous to their marriage, concluded a special (prenuptial) agreement concerning their properties, the relations between them as regards to their properties shall be governed by the provisions of this Chapter.