Materai / Stamp Duty

Find out about duty stamps (Materai ) 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.

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