Federal Law No. FZ-102 on mortgage. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Legislation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Agricultural land Public land Smallholders/peasants Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Entry into force notes The Federal Law enters into force from the date of its official publication. Abstract The Federal Law consists of XIV Chapters that contain 79 articles. Article 5 establishes that the property that can be object of mortgage includes plots of land, except for public or municipal land, agricultural land that makes part of stock of land belonging to agricultural organizations, peasant farms and personal plots of land used for subsidiary small-holding in accordance with the present Federal Law. It is prohibited to mortgage a part of the plot of land is smaller that minimum size ceiling established by the regional normative acts and normative acts of the local administration currently in force for the plots of land for various purposes. Article 13 specifies that drawing up and issuing of mortgage certificate is not permitted for the plots of land that make part of agricultural land as established by this Federal Law and for forest. Paragraph 1 of article 62 establishes that according to mortgage contract the plots of land considered private property of physical persons, associations, juridical persons conceded for gardening, stock-breeding, individual housing, country-cottage and garage construction, plots of land that make part of personal subsidiary small-holding and plots of land on which are situated buildings, edifices and constructions to the extent indispensable for their normal functioning. In case of share-holding or collective property on the plots of land specified in the paragraph 1 of the Article 62 mortgage can be done only for the plots of land belonging to physical or juridical person that must be singled out from the stock of land owned on conditions of common share-holding or collective property. Full text Russian References - Legislation Amended by Federal Law No. 201-FZ implementing the Forest Code. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2006 Keyword: Protection forest, Timber extraction/logging, Contract/agreement, National parks, Authorization/permit, Forest management/forest conservation, Protected area, Sustainable use Source: FAO, FAOLEX Federal Law No. 166-FZ amending Federal Law No. FZ-102 on mortgage. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2009 Keyword: Ownership Source: FAO, FAOLEX Federal Law No. 264-FZ amending Federal Law No. FZ-102 on mortgage. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2008 Keyword: Ownership, Right of use Source: FAO, FAOLEX Federal Law No. 216-FZ introducing amendments and addenda to the Federal Law No. 102-FZ on mortgage. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2004 Keyword: Ownership, Cadastre/land registration Source: FAO, FAOLEX Federal Law No. 1-FZ amending the Federal Law No. 102-FZ on mortgage. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2004 Keyword: Agricultural land, Public land Source: FAO, FAOLEX Federal Law No. 119-FZ amending Federal Law No. FZ-102 on mortgage. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2010 Keyword: Cadastre/land registration, Lease, Ownership Source: FAO, FAOLEX Federal Law No. 169-FZ amending Federal Law No. FZ-102 on mortgage. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2014 Keyword: Agricultural land Source: FAO, FAOLEX