Legal Certainty in Resolution of Disputes Over Overlapping Land Ownership Certificates

Authors

  • Hilman Himawan Borobudur University
  • Zainal Arifin Hoesein Muhammadiyah University of Jakarta
  • Megawati Barthos Borobudur University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58812/wslhr.v4i04.3108

Keywords:

Legal Certainty, Dispute Resolution, Overlapping Certificates, Land Ownership Rights

Abstract

This study discusses legal certainty in resolving disputes over overlapping Land Ownership Certificates with a study of Decision Number 2/G/2023/PTUN.Plk. The purpose of this study is to review and analyze legal regulations regarding the resolution of disputes over overlapping Land Ownership Certificates in realizing legal certainty in Indonesia, to review and analyze the implementation of legal regulations in resolving disputes over overlapping Land Ownership Certificates in providing legal certainty for rights holders, and to review and analyze the legal reconstruction of resolving disputes over overlapping Land Ownership Certificates in the future to realize legal certainty, justice, and legal protection for rights holders in good faith. This study uses a normative juridical method with a statutory regulatory approach and a case approach. The results of the study are that legal certainty in resolving disputes over overlapping Land Ownership Certificates in Indonesia with a study of Decision Number 2/G/2023/PTUN.Plk. The study uses a normative juridical method with a statutory and case approach. The discussion covers legal arrangements, implementation, and reconstruction through layered verification, integration of legal and spatial data, parameters for determining rights, and protection and restoration for rights holders in good faith to realize legal certainty, justice, and legal protection.

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2026-09-03

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Vol. 4 No. 04 (2026): West Science Law and Human Rights

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Legal Certainty in Resolution of Disputes Over Overlapping Land Ownership Certificates (H. Himawan, Z. A. Hoesein, & M. Barthos, Trans.). (2026). West Science Law and Human Rights, 4(04), 364-379. https://doi.org/10.58812/wslhr.v4i04.3108