Law on the restoration of the rights of ownership of citizens to the existing Real Property (No. VIII-359). Country/Territory Lithuania Document type Legislation Date 1997 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Land reform Institution Vested rights/existing rights Public land Agricultural land Urban land Expropriation Ownership Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe Abstract This Law shall regulate the procedure and conditions of the restoration as well as the recognition of continuity of the restoration of the rights of ownership to the citizens of the Republic of Lithuania to the real property which was nationalised under the laws of the USSR (Lithuanian SSR), or which was otherwise unlawfully made public, and the restoration of the rights of ownership whereof has been initiated according to the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on the Procedure and Conditions of Restoration of the Rights of Ownership to the Existing Real Property, while evaluating the established objective public economic relations. It is structured as follows: Chapter 1 (General provisions). Article 1 contains definitions. Article 2 lists the categories of citizens eligible for such restoration. Article 3 lists the types of property included in the reform: land, forests, water bodies, economic and commercial structures, residential houses together with their equipment. Chapter 2 spells out the conditions and procedures for restoration of the various types of property listed in article 3, including documents valid as proof of ownership and petition claims. Chapter 3 conditions by reason of which the existing real property shall be bought out by the state. Chapter IV contains final provisions.. Full text English References - Legislation Repeals Law on the procedure and conditions of the restoration of rights of ownership to existing proprietors (No. I-1454). Legislation | Lithuania | 1991 Keyword: Land reform, Institution, Vested rights/existing rights, Public land, Agricultural land, Urban land, Expropriation, Ownership Source: FAO, FAOLEX