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Land Code.

Country/Territory
Turkmenistan
Document type
Legislation
Date
2004
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Basic legislation Land reform Land tenure Foreign land tenure Lease Ownership Cadastre/land registration Land-use planning Monitoring
Geographical area
Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia
Entry into force notes
This Land Code enters into force on 1 November 2004.
Abstract

This Land Code stipulates that land shall be public property protected by the state and shall be rationally and efficiently managed. It regulates land relations and applies to natural and legal foreign and domestic persons and to foreign states and international organizations. Land legislation shall provide for: (a) regulation of land relations with a view to the rational and efficient use of land resources; (b) implementation of state programmes for the management and protection of land resources; (c) land use planning, keeping the state land cadastre and land monitoring; (d) establishing the grounds for origin, change and cessation land ownership, land tenure and lease; (e) creation of the rights and obligations of landlords, tenants and lessees; (f) measures to improve soil fertility and conserve the environment; and (g) creation of conditions for the equitable development of all forms of land tenure. The Act consists of eight sections: (1) general provisions; (2) land fund; (3) state regulation of land relations; (4) allotment of land plots to natural and legal foreign and domestic persons and to foreign states and international organizations; (5) land ownership; (6) land tenure; (7) leases; and (8) ownership rights to land plots, tenants and lessees. The Land Code contemplates the following forms of land tenure: (a) ownership; (b) tenancy; and (c) lease. Land plots may be allotted in ownership to citizens of Turkmenistan, and may be allotted in permanent or temporary land tenure (tenancy) to natural and legal persons of Turkmenistan. Land plots may be allotted in lease to natural and legal persons of Turkmenistan and of foreign states, as well as to foreign states and international organizations.

Full text
Russian
Website
aarhus.ngo-tm.org

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Law implementing Land Code.

Legislation | Turkmenistan | 2004

Keyword: Land reform, Land tenure

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Law amending Land Code.

Legislation | Turkmenistan | 2017

Keyword: Cadastre/land registration, Ownership, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Law amending Land Code.

Legislation | Turkmenistan | 2017

Keyword: Public land, Private land, Ownership, Property rights, Local government

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Law amending Land Code.

Legislation | Turkmenistan | 2016

Keyword: Agricultural land, Urban and peri-urban agriculture, Smallholders/peasants, Local government, Urban land

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Law amending Land Code.

Legislation | Turkmenistan | 2022

Keyword: Land tenure, Lease, Tax/levy

Source: FAO, FAOLEX