Yuris: Journal of Court and Justice
[IN PRESS] Vol. 5 Issue 3 (2026)

Digital Transformation of Land Administration: Strengthening Good Land Governance and Legal Certainty in Indonesia

Sisca Utami Damajanti (Universitas Bhayangkara Surabaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
17 Jul 2026

Abstract

Land administration in Indonesia continues to face persistent problems, including overlapping ownership claims, land disputes, document forgery, and inconsistencies between physical and juridical data, conditions that underscore the importance of legal certainty in the governance of land rights. In response, the Government of Indonesia has pursued the digital transformation of land services, including electronic certificates and integrated land databases, as part of its broader bureaucratic reform agenda. This study aims to analyze how the digital transformation of land administration strengthens the application of Good Land Governance principles and enhances legal certainty over land rights, while identifying the challenges that continue to constrain its implementation. The study employs normative legal research using statutory, conceptual, and analytical approaches, examining primary legal materials, including the 1945 Constitution, the Basic Agrarian Law, Government Regulation Number 18 of 2021, and the Regulation of the Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/Head of the National Land Agency Number 1 of 2021, alongside secondary legal literature. The findings show that digital transformation strengthens transparency, accountability, effectiveness, efficiency, and legal certainty in land administration, while reducing opportunities for maladministration and document fraud. However, its success remains constrained by uneven technological infrastructure, cybersecurity risks, personal-data-protection requirements, limited inter-agency interoperability, and uneven human-resource readiness, all of which require continued regulatory and institutional strengthening.

Copyrights © 2026






Journal Info

Abbrev

jcj

Publisher

Subject

Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice

Description

In 2022, YURIS (Journal of Court and Justice) giving opportunities for legal researcher to publish scientific article The editorial team of YURIS seek publication on the paper which related to the contribution of law theory and enforcement and to consider them carefully for external review. By ...