Nutmeg is one of the leading commodities in South Aceh Regency in the field of agriculture, where there is a land area of 25,512 hectares with a production volume reaching 6,688 tons of dried nutmeg seeds per year. However, despite its significant potential, nutmeg is not yet considered as one of the protected intellectual properties based on geographical indications. The problems in this research is how the legal protection efforts of nutmeg geographical indications of South Aceh Regency and what are the obstacles to the legal protection efforts against the potential Geographical Indications of nutmeg. The method used in this study is a juridical-empirical approach with a qualitative analysis aimed at determining the legal protection efforts and constraints regarding the potential geographical indication of nutmeg as a prominent commodity in South Aceh Regency. The research findings indicate the lack of concrete efforts from the local government to provide legal protection for the potential geographical indication of nutmeg. The challenges faced include suboptimal coordination among relevant departments, the absence of support from the local government towards the community's protection of geographical indications as a requirement for proposing geographical indications, and the weak internal coordination among the community in their efforts to seek legal protection for the geographical indication of nutmeg.