PROPERTY IN THAILAND: PART 18 The scoop on yellow books
- Published: 6 Jan 2013 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: Spectrum
Last week we talked about the function of a blue book (tor ror 14) for a house. You may know a foreigner who has a yellow book (tor ror 13) for his or her house. What is the purpose of this?
To explain the use of the yellow book, we have to clarify something about the blue book we didn't mention last week. It is that a Thai person may have his or her name put in the blue book.
When is a Thai person's name in the blue book for a house? When the house is that person's principal residence. It is required as a matter of registration with the Provincial Administration Department at the district where the house is located. Under the Civil Registration Act as amended, if a person has his or her principal residence registered in a blue book and changes to another principal residence, the head of household must notify the Provincial Administration Department and have them change the blue book within 15 days of the move.
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