Act on Expropriation and Acquisition of Real Estate, B.E. 2562 (2019).

This Act is enacted for the state to acquire real estate for public utility purposes or for other public benefits.
Public benefits shall include urban planning, promoting and maintaining environmental quality, agricultural development land reform, land readjustment, conservation of ancient sites and historical sites, industry and development of special economic zones. When it is necessary to expropriate land and it is necessary to conduct a survey in order to clearly know the land that must be acquired, a Royal Decree shall be enacted specifying the area of land to be expropriated. In such Royal Decree, at least the following details must be specified: (1) Objectives of expropriation. (2) The period for enforcing the Royal Decree. (3) The boundaries of the land to be expropriated. (4) Time period for starting the survey. (5) Expropriation officials. (6) Map or diagram showing the boundary of the land to be expropriated. The Act further makes provisions, inter alia, for: determination of preliminary price for expropriated land, negotiation of purchase and expropriation agreements, compensation, use of land obtained from expropriation, registration of rights and legal acts, offences and penalties.