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Law No. 5.803 establishes the Policy for the Regularization of Rural Public Lands belonging to the Federal District or to the Development Agency of the Federal District (Terracap).

Country/Territory
Brazil
Territorial subdivision
Distrito Federal
Document type
Legislation
Date
2017 (2019)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land reform Public land Agricultural land Concession Land-use planning Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Land tenure Agricultural development
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Law, consisting of 31 articles, establishes the Policy for the Regularization of Rural Public Lands belonging to the Federal District or to the Development Agency of the Federal District (Terracap). The objectives of the Policy aim to: promote the regularization of settlers on rural public lands; promote land regularization of rural public land, in the registry; control the occupation and exploitation of the rural territory of the Federal District. In compliance with the objectives of this policy: the farm to be regularized must have a rural purpose, with the effective exercise of agriculture, livestock, agroindustry, rural or ecological tourism, environmental preservation or reforestation, in addition to production support activities; the regularization of the settling on rural lands registered is done by a single instrument; the regularization of the occupation on rural land divided by public road or superimposed on different zones is done by different instruments, for the same occupant; the areas with rural characteristics inserted in urban areas are regularized as rural areas; the areas with rural characteristics inserted in urban area considered to be the Area of ​​Regularization of Social Interest (ARIS) or Area of ​​Regularization of Specific Interest (ARINE), as defined in the PDOT, should integrate the regularization plan of their respective sectors and be adequate to the guidelines of the EEZ, etc.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.tc.df.gov.br

References - Legislation

Repeals

Law No. 2.689 on selling, legitimacy of occupation and concession of right of use for rural public lands belonging to the Federal District and to the Rural Estate Company of Brasília TERRACAP.

Legislation | Brazil | 2001

Keyword: Land reform, Public land, Agricultural land, Concession, Land-use planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Implemented by

Decree No. 38.125 regulating Law No. 5.803 of 11 January 2017, establishing the Policy for Regularization of Rural Public Lands belonging to the Federal District or to the Brasília Development Agency (TERRACAP).

Legislation | Brazil | 2017

Keyword: Enforcement/compliance, Public land, Agricultural land, Concession, Land-use planning, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Land tenure, Agricultural development

Source: FAO, FAOLEX