About Thailand Property Lawyers

Thailand Property Lawyers is an independent educational and referral resource for foreigners buying property in Thailand. We publish plain-English guides to how Thai property law works, so buyers can walk into a purchase — and into a lawyer’s office — already informed.

What this site is — and is not

• We are not a law firm. We do not take clients, do not draft contracts, and do not hold client funds.
• Nothing on this site is legal advice for your specific transaction. Guides describe the general shape of Thai property law; individual purchases turn on their own facts.
• Where figures such as taxes, fees or quotas would normally appear, we describe the category and structure of the rule rather than quoting a number that may already be out of date — and we say so explicitly, every time.

What we cover

Our guides span the full arc of a Thai property purchase and the ownership that follows it: the ownership rules themselves, condo and land-and-house options, the structures available for a house or land (leases, usufruct, a Thai spouse, or a genuine company), financing, due diligence and title checks, the purchase process and escrow protection, taxes on both purchase and resale, condo governance and fees, off-plan risk, building and renovating, and what happens later — transferring, gifting, inheritance, disputes, and common scams to avoid. We add and update guides as we identify gaps or as practice changes.

Our recommended partner

For readers who want actual legal representation — due diligence, contract review, structuring advice, or handling a purchase from start to finish — we recommend Anglo Siam Legal. We refer readers to them because property law is exactly the kind of area where general information should lead to a real conversation with a licensed professional, not substitute for one.

Editorial standards

Every guide on this site aims to be accurate about the general shape of Thai property law rather than to sound authoritative about specifics we cannot verify for your particular case. We do not fabricate statistics, invent named firms, lawyers, addresses or phone numbers, or state exact tax rates or fees as fixed facts. Where a rule involves a figure that changes over time, we describe the structure of the rule and point you toward verifying the current number with a licensed Thai lawyer or the relevant government office.

Sources we draw on

• The Civil and Commercial Code, the Land Code, the Condominium Act and the Foreign Business Act, at a general level.
• The Land Department and its provincial Land Offices, and the Lawyers Council of Thailand for information on the legal profession.
• General principles of Thai marital and succession law, and Thai company law, as they intersect with property ownership.
• Where practice is fast-moving or administrative detail changes (funds-transfer documentation, tax rates, quota calculations, financing eligibility), we flag that explicitly rather than quoting a figure that may no longer be current.

How to use these guides

Start with can foreigners own property for the foundational rules, then move to the guide closest to what you are actually trying to do — buying a condo, buying land or a house, or understanding due diligence. Most pages link sideways to the two or three other guides that matter for the same purchase. When you are ready to act on any of it, talk to a licensed lawyer — see using a lawyer.

Who these guides are written for

Our readers range from someone browsing the idea of a Thailand purchase for the first time, to a buyer partway through a specific deal who wants to understand a term in their contract, to a longer-term owner facing a question — inheritance planning, a dispute, a renovation — that has come up years after their original purchase. Because of that range, some guides are deliberately foundational (ownership rules, the purchase process) and others are deliberately narrow and specific (escrow, capital gains tax on resale, superficies over a self-built house). If you are new to Thai property, start broad; if you already know your situation, the topic-specific guides are written to stand on their own.

Corrections

If you spot something outdated or inaccurate, we want to fix it promptly. Content is periodically reviewed as Thai property law and practice change.