Complaints and help
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Office of the Consumer Protection Board (OCPB)
Hotline 1166, ocpb.go.th
Complaints about consumer contracts, including condominiums. Can mediate between buyer and developer.
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Department of Special Investigation (DSI)
Hotline 1202, dsi.go.th
Large-scale fraud, including investment schemes with many victims.
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Tourist Police
Hotline 1155
English-speaking help for visitors, including reporting a crime.
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Your embassy or consulate
Consular section
Cannot act for you in a private dispute, but usually keeps a list of local lawyers.
Public records
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Company registry
Department of Business Development: registration, directors, shareholders and filed financial statements of Thai companies.
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Royal Gazette
Official notices, including bankruptcy and rehabilitation orders. Publication starts the deadline for creditors’ claims.
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Legal Execution Department (LED)
Bankruptcy and rehabilitation cases, creditors’ meetings and auctions of seized assets.
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Department of Lands
Land offices, title-deed checks and registration. LandsMaps shows where a title-deed plot lies.
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Courts of Justice
Information about Thai courts, including the Central Bankruptcy Court.
Lawyers
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Lawyers Council of Thailand
Licenses Thai lawyers. Check that a lawyer’s licence is current: it is renewed every two years unless it is a lifetime licence. Only licensed Thai lawyers can represent you in Thai courts; foreign lawyers can advise but not appear.