Land Code (No.442-II ZRK of 2003). Country/Territory Kazakhstan Document type Legislation Date 2003 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Basic legislation Land reform Land tenure Servitude Agricultural land Urban land Subdivision of land Survey/mapping Public land Ownership Lease Monitoring Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Entry into force notes The Law enters into force from the date of its official publication. Abstract The stock of land in accordance with its destination is subdivided into the following categories: 1) agricultural land; 2) urban land; 3) industrial land; 4) land of protected areas; 5) forest land; 6) water land; 7) reserve land. The document consists of 5 Sections composed of 21 Chapters that contain 170 articles. Section 1 (Chapters 1-2) lays down general provisions. Chapter 1 (arts. 1-12) lays down general provisions. Chapter 2 (arts. 13-19) establishes competence of state institutions in the field of land relations. Section 2 (Chapters 3-9) regards right of ownership, right of land tenure and other property rights regarding land. Chapter 3 (arts. 20-27) regards land ownership. Chapter 4 (arts. 28-41) regards the right of land tenure. Chapter 5 (arts. 42-63) deals with the plots of land as the objects of the right of ownership, right of land tenure and other property rights. Chapter 6 (arts. 64-66) determines the right and the obligations of the owners of the plots of land and land tenants in the process of the use of the plots of land. Chapter 7 (arts. 67-75) regards servitude. Chapter 8 (arts. 76-80) regards mortgage of the plots of land and the right of land tenure. Chapter 9 (arts. 81-96) regards cessation of the property rights to land, tenancy and other property lands to land. Section 3 (Chapters 10-16) classifies categories of land. Chapter 10 (arts. 97-106) regards agricultural land. Chapter 11 (arts. 107-110) regards urban land. Chapter 12 (arts. 111-121) regards industrial land. Chapter 13 (arts. 122-127) regards land of protected areas. Chapter 14 (arts. 128-131) regards forest land. Chapter 15 (arts. 132-136) regards water land. Chapter 16 (arts. 137-138) regards reserve land. Section 4 (Chapters 17-19) regards protection of land, state control, land survey, monitoring and land cadastre. Chapter 17 (arts. 139-143) regards protection of land. Chapter 18 (arts. 144-148) regards state control over the use and protection of land. Chapter 19 (arts. 149-163) regards land survey, state land cadastre and land monitoring. Section 5 (Chapters 20-21) regards enforcement of land legislation and lays down final provisions. Chapter 20 (arts. 164-168) regards protection of the right of property and the right of land tenure, and compensation of losses. Chapter 21 (arts. 169-170) lays down final and transitional provisions. Full text Russian References - Legislation Amended by Law No. 213 on amendments and addenda to some legislative acts dealing with ecological issues. Legislation | Kazakhstan | 2007 Keyword: Authorization/permit, Emissions, Liability/compensation, Freshwater pollution, Pollution control Source: FAO, FAOLEX Law No. 533-IV amending Land Code (No.442-II ZRK of 2003). Legislation | Kazakhstan | 2012 Keyword: Public land Source: FAO, FAOLEX Law No. 420-IV amending some legislative acts. Legislation | Kazakhstan | 2011 Keyword: Agricultural land, Farming, Smallholders/peasants, Agricultural development, Ownership, Lease, Cadastre/land registration Source: FAO, FAOLEX Law No. 529-IV amending Land Code (No.442-II ZRK of 2003). Legislation | Kazakhstan | 2012 Keyword: Land tenure, Public land Source: FAO, FAOLEX Law No. 490-V ZRK amending Land Code. Legislation | Kazakhstan | 2016 Keyword: Monitoring, Zoning, Data collection/reporting Source: FAO, FAOLEX Law No. 506-V amending some legislative acts related to migration of the Republic of Kazakhstan towards “green economy”. Legislation | Kazakhstan | 2016 Keyword: Agricultural land, Drainage/land reclamation, Energy conservation/energy production, Renewable energy, Waste domestic sources, Waste non-domestic sources, Waste management, Protected area, Water conservation zone, Ecosystem preservation, Public forest, Surface water, Water abstraction, Water supply Source: FAO, FAOLEX Law No. 221-VII “On amendments and addenda to some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the issues of digitalization of public services in the field of land relations”. Legislation | Kazakhstan | 2023 Keyword: Survey/mapping, Cadastre/land registration, Urban land, Land-use planning, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information Source: FAO, FAOLEX Law No. 17-VIII ZRK “On amendments and addenda to some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on issues of the Semipalatinsk nuclear safety zone, ecology and electric power industry”. Legislation | Kazakhstan | 2023 Keyword: Nuclear energy, Emissions, Protection of environment, Land tenure, Public land Source: FAO, FAOLEX Law No. 174-VII amending some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on issues of transport and subsoil use. Legislation | Kazakhstan | 2022 Keyword: Land tenure, Use restrictions, Contract/agreement, Minerals, Mining Source: FAO, FAOLEX Law No. 130-VII amending some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on issues of electricity, energy saving and energy efficiency, subsoil use, local government, state border, housing and communal services and science. Legislation | Kazakhstan | 2022 Keyword: Hydropower generation, Energy conservation/energy production, Natural gas, Expropriation, Local government Source: FAO, FAOLEX Law No. 167-VII ZRK “On amendments and addenda to some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on issues of geodesy, cartography and spatial data.” Legislation | Kazakhstan | 2022 Keyword: Land tenure, Survey/mapping, Authorization/permit, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information Source: FAO, FAOLEX