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Law on priority inheritance rights to agricultural property.

Country/Territory
Norway
Document type
Legislation
Date
1974 (2017)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry, Land & soil
Keyword
Forest management/forest conservation Land tenure Vested rights/existing rights Traditional rights/customary rights Inheritance Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Agricultural land Dispute settlement Abandoned land/unoccupied land
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Law concerns allodial rights that may be claimed in respect of cultivated land and related matters. such rights may be claimed in respect of land cultivated with crops or forest land as defined in article 2. The Law also concerns the determination whether land is subject to such property rights in respect of cultivated land. The right of inheritance is given to the farmer when he or she has been our owner with full ownership for 20 years. The Law sets out how rights can be inherited (Åsetesrett) in various circumstances. Rights may be lost in case of non-cultivation of the land. The Law also provides for the resolution of dispute and gives some rules how to treat forest land that is subject to a dispute.

Full text
Norwegian
Website
www.lovtidend.no