The impetus for development continues to increase, because the demands
and needs for development are also increasing, but the available land supply is
also increasingly limited. So it is necessary to procure land for the development of
the public interest. Land acquisition is an activity of providing land by providing
proper and fair compensation to the rightful party.Kulon Progo Regency is one of
the regencies that has conducted land acquisition for development in the public
interest, one of which is the YIA Airport access railway line. The problems in this
study can be formulated in the form of research questions, namely: (1) How is the
Implementation of Compensation in Land Acquisition for the Construction of the
Yogyakarta International Airport Railway Line (In Kulon Progo Regency)(2)
What constraints exist in the implementation of land acquisition the?
This study uses empirical legal research methods. Empirical legal
research is research that focuses on social facts. Empirical research was
conducted directly to respondents to obtain primary data as primary data and
secondary data as supporting data. The results of this study indicate that the
procedure for implementing land acquisition and providing compensation for the
construction of the Railway Line that accesses the International Airport has
complied, but there are obstacles that slightly hinder the land acquisition process.
The obstacles faced include: free land buying and selling, inheritance process
without transferring names, absentee ownership, efforts made by the land
acquisition committee: conducting deliberations for consensus, mediation, and
providing an understanding of the social function of land. The suggestion from
this study is that it is suggested that the land acquisition team provide an
understanding of compensation procedures through LMAN.