Publications
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As a part of our corporate social responsibility commitment DUENSING KIPPEN provides regular legal column contributions to numerous international, national and local hard and soft copy publications including: our regular legal column in The Phuket News newspaper, Mondaq, the Danish - Thai Trade News, Tropical Living magazine, Director magazine, Exotiq magazine, Samui - Phangan Real Estate magazine, The Pattaya Mail newspaper, Samui Express newspaper, Chiang Mai Mail newspaper and many others. We also make these publications available here below.
Thailand Eases Restrictions on Properties Used for Short-Term Rentals
We have previously explained HERE (and with a further follow-up HERE) that most villa or condominium unit owners who are renting out their property on a short-term basis (that is, for periods of less than 30 days) are most likely violating the Hotel Act (2004) if they do so without having received a hotel license. The potential punishment for such violation includes significant fines, or imprisonment, or both.
A building permit does NOT = ownership in Thailand
You might have heard something like the following all too common assertion: “in Thailand the party named in a building permit is considered to be the owner of that building.” To have heard such may have been particularly disturbing to many foreigners who are allowed to legally own buildings in Thailand.
A foreigner can legally own some Thai‐LAND
It is a common misunderstanding that foreigners are per se restricted from owning land in Thailand. One of the most interesting exceptions from the restrictions of foreign ownership of land in Thailand has been enacted for foreigners who bring at least Thai baht forty million equivalent into Thailand for certain prescribed investments.
Buying a THB 10 M condo in Thailand? Good news, you get to stay in it –Thailand’s New Long‐Term Investment Visa
Prior to the summer of 2014, many foreigners in Thailand who did not qualify for a long‐term visa would achieve the same by entering, exiting, and re‐entering Thailand on a short‐term tourist visa. Thailand’s 2014 post‐coup military government enacted regulations that ended this practice.
You Must Follow The Law When Building In Thailand . . . . . . But There Are Exceptions
One of the most significant land use laws in Thailand is the Building Control Act (1979) (the “Act“). The Act regulates what and where can build in Thailand. To that end it empowers the Minister of the Interior to issue ministerial regulations (“MR“).