The right of ulayat land Is the highest right in Minangkabau which is held in the hands of the penghulu, nagari (village), tribes or federation of several villages. Ulayat land should not be sold or just disappeared. There are rules about customary land in (Minangkabau, both in terms of mastery and in termsof utilization. The right to ulayat In Minangkabau already (existed when Indonesia was colonized by the Dutch. After Indonesia became Independent, the government designed and legalized the UUPA as the basis of national land law. The problem Is whether this UUPA still recognizes the existence of customary land, one of them Is the existence of ulayat land in Minangkabau, and how the regulatton of customary land law In Agrarian Law / UUPA.
Key Words ulayat And, Mnangkobou, land, customary low