Registration of land ownership rights, guarantees legal certainty of ownership of land rights

to legal owners through the issuance of land certificates. However, sometimes problems arise
when it turns out that the certificate issued by the BPN is a double certificate.
Question :
According to your analysis, what are the factors that can lead to the emergence of multiple
certificates, as well as the legal consequences caused by the existence of multiple certificates!
ANSWER:
1. In my opinion, the factors that led to the emergence of multiple certificates, namely, the
error of the land owner himself who did not use his land properly or when measuring the
applicant intentionally or unintentionally indicated the wrong location of the land and land
boundaries, then the land owner admitted that the certificate is lost, then apply for a new
certificate at the land office, duplicate certificates can also occur due to administrative errors.
- The legal consequences that can be caused by the existence of multiple certificates are
disputes between the owner of the original land certificate and the neighboring land
boundaries, overlapping land certificates, falsification of certificates, fraud with various
modes, fictitious buying and selling, etc. Which can be detrimental to one of the parties or
even both parties in dispute or related to the dual certificate.
Multiple certificates are regulated in Article 48 of Law no. 4 of 1996 concerning Mortgage
Rights on Land and Objects Related to Land (UU HT). The article states that "if there are two
or more certificates issued with the same right, then the one with the first certificate issued
has stronger rights".
Source :
-https://www. Hukumonline.com/klinik/detail/review/lt5108c3b3f44ec/certifikat-ganda-pada-
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