DIGITALIZATION OF LAND ADMINISTRATION AND LEGAL CERTAINTY FOR LAND RIGHTS IN INDONESIA
Abstract
The digital transformation of land registration in Indonesia represents a strategic effort by the government to modernize land administration systems, improve public services, strengthen legal certainty, and enhance transparency in the management of land rights. Through various digital initiatives introduced by the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/National Land Agency, including electronic land certificates and digital land services, the state seeks to overcome long-standing problems such as overlapping ownership claims, bureaucratic inefficiency, limited public access to land information, and administrative corruption. However, the implementation of digital land registration also raises significant legal and institutional challenges related to data security, cybersecurity threats, digital inequality, regulatory inconsistency, and the legal validity of electronic documents within the Indonesian legal system. This research aims to analyze the legal implications of digital land registration in Indonesia, identify institutional and regulatory challenges in its implementation, and formulate an ideal concept of digital land administration capable of ensuring legal certainty, justice, and public trust. The study employs a normative legal research method using statutory, conceptual, and comparative approaches. Legal materials were collected through literature studies and analyzed qualitatively to examine the compatibility between digital transformation policies and the principles of legal certainty, justice, and legal protection. The findings indicate that although digitalization has contributed to improving efficiency and transparency in land administration, its implementation remains constrained by uneven technological infrastructure, limited digital literacy, weak institutional coordination, and inadequate cybersecurity protection. Furthermore, the transition from conventional to electronic land certificates requires stronger legal harmonization to avoid uncertainty regarding the evidentiary status and protection of land rights. This study concludes that the success of digital land registration in Indonesia depends not only on technological modernization but also on comprehensive legal reform, institutional readiness, and inclusive governance capable of balancing efficiency with justice and legal protection.
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BibTeX
@article{mohadi2026digitalization,
title = {{DIGITALIZATION OF LAND ADMINISTRATION AND LEGAL CERTAINTY FOR LAND RIGHTS IN INDONESIA}},
author = {Wahyu Abdi Negara Mohadi and Abrar Saleng and Hasbir Paserangi},
journal = {Veredas do Direito Direito Ambiental e Desenvolvimento Sustentável},
year = {2026},
month = jun,
doi = {10.18623/rvd.v23.7009},
url = {https://doi.org/10.18623/rvd.v23.7009},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - DIGITALIZATION OF LAND ADMINISTRATION AND LEGAL CERTAINTY FOR LAND RIGHTS IN INDONESIA
AU - Wahyu Abdi Negara Mohadi
AU - Abrar Saleng
AU - Hasbir Paserangi
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/06/11
JO - Veredas do Direito Direito Ambiental e Desenvolvimento Sustentável
DO - 10.18623/rvd.v23.7009
UR - https://doi.org/10.18623/rvd.v23.7009
AB - The digital transformation of land registration in Indonesia represents a strategic effort by the government to modernize land administration systems, improve public services, strengthen legal certainty, and enhance transparency in the management of land rights. Through various digital initiatives introduced by the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/National Land Agency, including electronic land certificates and digital land services, the state seeks to overcome long-standing problems such as overlapping ownership claims, bureaucratic inefficiency, limited public access to land information, and administrative corruption. However, the implementation of digital land registration also raises significant legal and institutional challenges related to data security, cybersecurity threats, digital inequality, regulatory inconsistency, and the legal validity of electronic documents within the Indonesian legal system. This research aims to analyze the legal implications of digital land registration in Indonesia, identify institutional and regulatory challenges in its implementation, and formulate an ideal concept of digital land administration capable of ensuring legal certainty, justice, and public trust. The study employs a normative legal research method using statutory, conceptual, and comparative approaches. Legal materials were collected through literature studies and analyzed qualitatively to examine the compatibility between digital transformation policies and the principles of legal certainty, justice, and legal protection. The findings indicate that although digitalization has contributed to improving efficiency and transparency in land administration, its implementation remains constrained by uneven technological infrastructure, limited digital literacy, weak institutional coordination, and inadequate cybersecurity protection. Furthermore, the transition from conventional to electronic land certificates requires stronger legal harmonization to avoid uncertainty regarding the evidentiary status and protection of land rights. This study concludes that the success of digital land registration in Indonesia depends not only on technological modernization but also on comprehensive legal reform, institutional readiness, and inclusive governance capable of balancing efficiency with justice and legal protection.
SN - 1806-3845
SN - 2179-8699
ER -