The Complete Guide to Foreign Property Ownership in Cambodia

The ownership guide goes further than the FAQ by grounding foreign ownership in Cambodia's legal history, from the 2001 Land Law through the 2010 Foreign Ownership Law.

Its core message is simple: foreigners can own condominium units outright when the building is legally registered for co-ownership, but they cannot directly own land under a personal name.

The document traces today's framework to the 2001 Land Law and the 2010 Foreign Ownership Law, which created a direct legal path for foreigners to own condominium units in Cambodia.

That legal history matters because it explains why foreigners can own a unit outright while direct land ownership remains restricted to Cambodian citizens and qualifying entities.

A building must be legally registered as a condominium development and have the proper co-ownership certification in place. Without that, a unit may be marketed aggressively but still fail the actual ownership test.

The guide is explicit that buyers should ask whether individual strata titles can be issued, and should verify that with credible counsel rather than relying on sales language alone.

The value of strata title is that it creates registered, enforceable ownership under the buyer's own name and keeps resale, inheritance, and rental use straightforward.

That is why this guide frames title verification as the foundation of the entire buying decision rather than one item on a later checklist.