Currently, the Government of Aceh applies Act Number 2, 2012 on Land’s Procurement for Development of Public Interest as a reason for land procurement for the development of public interest. Relation to the authority of the Aceh Government especially in conducting the procurement of land for the development has been worded in Article 144 of Act Number 11, 2006. This research aims to explore the obstacles faced by the Government of Aceh in conducting its authority concerning land procurement for public needs development. This is normative legal research by reviewing laws. The findings are the obstacles faced by the Government of Aceh in conducting the authority of land procurement for public interest development the draft of Qanun Aceh regarding Land regulating technical directives of land procurement has not been passed and recently it is being evaluated in the Home Affair Ministry. The central government has not followed the Presidential Regulation Number 23, 2015 on the Transfer of Regional Office of Aceh Land Agency and Regional/Municipalities to be Aceh Land Agency and Regional/Municipality Land Agency and the Government has not revised the Government Regulation Number 3, 2015 regulating the Authority of the Government regarding Land.