Indonesia merupakan negara yang memiliki keanekaragaman budaya dan adat istiadat, serta keunikan dalam penerapan sistem hukum adat khususnya berkaitan dengan tanah. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk memeroleh informasi mengenai sistem kepemilikan hak atas tanah menurut Hukum Tanah Adat Puyang, eksistensi dan keberadaannya terkait adanya pembangunan jaringan telekomunikasi. Penulis menggunakan tipologi penelitian deskriptif untuk menggambarkan suatu gejala dan fact finding untuk menemukan fakta mengenai gejala dalam penelitian.
Metode penelitian yang penulis gunakan adalah penelitian hukum normatif (kepustakaan) dengan cara meneliti bahan pustaka atau data sekunder dan wawancara dengan narasumber. Peraturan mengenai hukum pertanahan Indonesia telah dimuat dalam UU No. 5 Tahun 1960 (UUPA). Namun, Masyarakat Adat Puyang tetap melaksanakan Hukum Adatnya sebagaimana terlihat pada sistem penguasaan atas tanah, tetap diakui dan dapat dilaksanakan sepanjang tidak bertentangan dengan aturan negara yang berlaku.
Indonesia is a country endowed with diversity in cultures as well as tradition, and also each has its own typical charachteristic in applying traditional law system especially in relation to the land. This research is conducted to get information and identify the application of traditional land title proprietary system of Customary Land Law of Puyang, its existence and the existence in regards to the contruction of telecommunication networks on that customary land. Researcher is using descriptive typology of research to describe an indication and to find out about fact indication in this research.
The research methods that used by researcher is normative law research (literature) within literature study or secondary data and interview to the respondents. Regulation about law of land in Indonesia has been loaded in the Act on Agrarian Affairs Law No. 5 Year 1960 (UUPA). Without prejudice to the terms of UUPA, in Traditional of Puyang Community still applies their customary law. It?s seen from the existence of land proprietary right that is still effective there, and that Traditional Law of Puyang is also accepted and still put into practice as long as not break the rule of law.