Joint Order No. 255 of the Ministry of Justice and of the Federal Registration Service validating the Methodical Instructions on particulars of state registration of rights, restrictions (encumbrance) of rights to the plots of land and transactions therewith.

This Joint Order establishes that for state registration of the right of ownership of the Russian Federation to the plots of forest pertaining to the forest fund shall be carried out in the presence of the following documentation: (a) application for state registration of the right of ownership; (b) original and a copy of cadastre plan of a forest plot; and (c) original document of payment attesting payment of state registration fees. In the process of state registration in the registration form