Based on Law Number 5 of 1960 (Basic Agrarian Law), only Indonesian citizens entitled to hold ownership right in Indonesia. However, many foreigner have smuggled these regulations by using nominee arrangements. This research analyzes principle of freedom of contract in the sale and purchase of ownership right with a nominee arrangement in terms of the Basic Agrarian Law and Law Number 11 of 2020- and legal considerations and written sentences of case number 679 PK/Pdt/2017 (Case) in terms of Civil Code and Basic Agrarian Law. This research is normative research and data collection was done by literature study and used secondary data. Data processing is analyzed qualitatively. The legal issues approach used is statute approach, conceptual approach, and case approach. The result of this research is that freedom of contract does not automatically legalize the practice of nominee arrangement due to the implementation should not conflict with statutory regulations. Meanwhile, the nominee arrangement is contrary to Article 26 paragraph (2) of Basic Agrarian Law. The legal considerations in the Case that appoint nominee are also contrary to Article 26 paragraph (2) of Basic Agrarian Law. Based on memoranda of the Supreme Court Number 10 of 2020, the land owner of the object of dispute is Indonesian citizen as nominee.