This research examines whether the village authority inventory norms regulated in Law Number 6 of 2014 concerning Villages (Village Law). have guaranteed or limited the sustainability of village autonomy. The object of the research is an analysis of village authority inventory arrangements in several districts or cities in Indonesia: Badung Regency, Banyuwangi Regency, Sambas Regency, Sleman Regency, and Sungai Penuh City. The research method is normative research with a statutory and conceptual approach. The study concludes, first, that the village authority regulation model has two sides, on the one hand, it has been regulated in various and different ways both in terms of the type and amount of authority, but on the other hand, village authority is still regulated in a minimalist way. Second, there are still problems in the identification and inventory procedures for the list of village authorities, which have no relevance to the sustainability of village autonomy. The various village authority regulation models are relevant to guarantee the consistency of village autonomy.
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