Digital land registration and legal certainty: Evidence from Indonesia’s e-government reforms

Septina Marryanti Prihatin, Yudha Purbawa, Trie Sakti, Irawati Irawati, Arditya Wicaksono, Asmadi Adnan, Eliana Sidipurwanty

Abstract


Land registration services are undergoing significant development with the introduction of e-government. However, no quantitative research has been conducted to measure legal certainty in the land registration process in Indonesia. This study aims to identify the relationship between the development of the land registration system and the level of legal certainty of land titles in Indonesia. This quantitative study, conducted across several high case cities, analyzed inkracht land case decisions from 2002 – 2020 using probit and simple linear regression models. The analysis revealed that newer land titles have higher court win rates and faster dispute resolution. Furthermore, it demonstrated a positive correlation between e-government implementation (supported by accurate spatial data) and improvements in the quantity, quality and legal certainty of land registration services. The government needs to strengthen regulations that support the digitalization of land registration services.

 

Keywords: Development, e-government, Indonesia, land registration, land title, legal certainty


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Development, e-government, Indonesia, land registration, land title, legal certainty

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