Si Racha

Property Lawyer in Si Racha for Foreigners — Condominiums, 30-Year Leases, Villas, Due Diligence

Foreigners can own freehold condominiums in Thailand (subject to the 49% per-building foreign quota), can hold a 30-year registered lease on land or villas, and can hold land via a properly structured Thai company — but each route has trade-offs that need to be explained before any deposit is paid. We act for foreign buyers across the full transaction: title search, off-plan contract review, escrow and deposit safeguards, transfer at the Land Office, and the post-completion paperwork (FET, tax, foreign-quota letter).

Scope of property lawyer for foreigners work in Si Racha

Condominium freehold — foreign quota verification, FET (Foreign Exchange Transaction) compliance
30-year registered leases on land or houses, with renewal option drafting
Villa purchase via lease + corporate ownership — risk-mapped structuring
Title due diligence — Chanote/NS3K/NS3 verification, encumbrance check, boundary survey
Sale-and-purchase agreement review and negotiation
Off-plan project review — developer financial health, escrow protections, completion guarantees
Land Office transfer attendance and FET letter preparation

Process

1Initial consultation — confirm ownership route fits your visa, tax, and exit plans
2Title search and physical site verification (we visit, not just photos)
3Contract review and negotiation — deposit safeguards, completion conditions, penalties
4FET coordination with your bank if buying a condo (funds must arrive as foreign currency)
5Land Office attendance on transfer day — translation, signing, tax payment
6Post-transfer: foreign-quota letter, household registration, ongoing common-area fees setup

Documents to prepare

•Passport (signed pages + valid visa pages)
•Existing title deed and any prior sale-purchase contract
•Seller's ID and household registration (we collect on your behalf)
•Proof of funds and FET-eligible bank transfer slips (for condo purchases)
•Power of attorney if you can't attend the transfer in person

About our team in Si Racha

Si Racha hosts Thailand's largest Japanese community outside Bangkok and the Pinthong and Saha Group industrial estates. Legal work here is factory work: employment contracts and work rules that have to cover Thai staff and foreign management alike, sub-contracting and automotive supply-chain agreements, work permits and visas for foreign staff, and the leases and condominium purchases of families posted here for years at a time.

We cover the Eastern seaboard from our Bangkok branch — meeting clients at the plant and appearing regularly at the Chonburi Provincial Court. We work in Thai, English and Chinese, which suits factories where management and HR do not share a first language.

Courts we appear at in Si Racha

•Chonburi Provincial Court
•Region 2 Labor Court
•Chonburi Juvenile and Family Court

Si Racha, Laem Chabang, Bo Win, Nong Kham, and central Chonburi

Past matters in Si Racha

Termination dispute for production staff at the Pinthong estate
Reviewing sub-contracting terms for an auto-parts maker
Work permits and visas for expatriate plant management

Related services in Si Racha

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Contact our Si Racha attorneys

We serve clients across Thailand. Initial consultation.

Contact WhatsApp +66 92 254 2045

Frequently asked questions — property lawyer for foreigners in Si Racha

3 questions answered

It's a hard statutory limit, enforced at the Land Office. If the foreign quota is already full, you cannot register a foreign freehold — you'd take a long lease instead (often 30 years + renewal, structured at the same building). Always verify the foreign quota status with a current letter from the juristic person before paying any deposit. Buying without this letter is the most common foreign-buyer mistake we see.

You can own a house through a properly structured Thai company that holds the land, but the structure is scrutinised. The Land Office and Department of Business Development have, in recent years, increased checks on companies that appear to be set up primarily to hold land for foreigners. We will not set up a structure that depends on nominee Thai shareholders — that's an offence under the Foreign Business Act and the Land Code. We will set up legitimate, operating Thai companies where land ownership is incidental, and we will say no when a structure isn't lawful. Other firms may say yes; ask why.

A condominium can pass to your heirs by will, but if the heir is also foreign, they must qualify for the foreign quota or sell within a reasonable period (commonly understood as one year). A leasehold transfers only if the lease contract was specifically drafted to allow assignment on death — most aren't. We prepare or review Thai wills for foreign property owners as a standard add-on; doing this *before* the purchase saves disputes after.