The Role of Community Participation in Systematic Land Registration Processes in Preventing Agrarian Disputes

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FORMOSA NEWS - Tegal -  Community Participation Key to Preventing Agrarian Disputes in Land Registration. Research conducted by Evy Indriasari from Pancasakti University Tegal and published in the International Journal of Law Analytics in 2026 examines how citizen involvement at every stage of land registration can function as an early conflict prevention mechanism. 

Administrative Approach Has Limits
In recent years, systematic land registration has been promoted as a strategic policy to accelerate land certification and strengthen legal certainty. However, Indriasari’s research shows that technocratic approaches often encounter persistent problems, including:

• Inaccurate physical and juridical data.
• Overlapping land claims.
• Boundary miscalculations.
• Limited space for objections before certificates are issued.

These weaknesses frequently result in disputes emerging after formal land certificates are granted, when correction becomes more complex and costly.

Research Methodology

The study employs a juridical-empirical and socio-legal approach, combining regulatory analysis, interviews with landowners and village officials, direct observation of boundary measurements, and a review of land administration documents.

Participation as Social Verification
Using a juridical-empirical and socio-legal approach, the study combines regulatory analysis, field observations, semi-structured interviews with landowners and village officials, and reviews of land documents. The findings demonstrate that community participation functions as a form of social verification. When landowners and neighboring boundary holders are present during land measurement, they can directly clarify boundary lines and historical land tenure claims. Local knowledge often proves more accurate than initial administrative documents. Village deliberation forums provide space for negotiation and clarification before land data is formally validated. This participatory process allows early correction of potential errors and unilateral claims. Researchers emphasize that land registration should not only be understood as a technical procedure, but also as a social process embedded in local relationships and collective memory.

Policy Implications
The study calls for strengthening participatory frameworks within systematic land registration policies. This includes:

• Clear and accessible data disclosure mechanisms.
• Inclusive objection procedures.
• Community-based legal assistance.
• Institutional safeguards against elite domination.

The research reinforces the principle that equitable land governance requires collaboration between state institutions and local communities.

Author Profile

Evy Indriasari is a legal scholar at Pancasakti University Tegal, Central Java, Indonesia.

Her research focuses on agrarian law, land administration governance, legal certainty of land rights, and community participation in dispute prevention.

Sources
Evy Indriasari. 2026. The Role of Community Participation in Systematic Land Registration Processes in Preventing Agrarian Disputes. International Journal of Law Analytics (IJLA), Vol. 4 No. 1, hlm. 93–104.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59890/ijla.v4i1.159
URL: https://slamultitechpublisher.my.id/index.php/ijla