Legal Validity of Absentee Ownership of Agricultural Land Rights

Abstract

This study aims to analyze: 1)Practices regarding absentee ownership of agricultural land rights in Pati Regency. 2) The legal validity of absentee ownership of agricultural land rights in Pati Regency based on applicable laws and regulations. This type of research is an empirical legal research. The approach method in this research is sociological juridical. The types of data in this research are primary and secondary data. The data collection method uses interviews, observations and library techniques (document study). The analysis in this research is descriptive, with the theory of legal certainty and legal validity. The results of the research concluded: 1) The practice of absentee ownership of agricultural land rights in Pati Regency, namely that there are still agricultural land ownerships by rights holders who reside outside the sub-district where the land is located. This practice is basically not in line with Article 10 paragraph (1) of Law Number 5 of 1960 concerning Basic Ag