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Find out about stamp duty (Meterai) on official and personal documents in Indonesia...
Many official documents in Indonesia must be affixed with a blue stamp called a meterai in order to be considered legal. A person must sign the stamp; if part of the stamp does not include a person's signature, it is not legal. Meterai are available at the post office (Kantor Pos) and as of June 2011 cost Rp6,000 each.
Anyone - Indonesian citizens and foreigners alike - can use meterai to validate documents. They can also be used for personal documents, such as promissory notes for personal loans.
Documents requiring stamp duty include:
- Bank transactions: certificate of deposit purchases, promissory notes, loan and credit agreements
- Financial contracts, for example private loans
- Insurance contracts
- Land transactions
- Letters of agreement
- Licences
- Notarial deeds
- Power of attorney
- Proxies
- Receipts, including tax payments
- Statement letters