Model Instruction No. 5 of the Committee on Resources and Land Survey on purchase and sale of land. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 1993 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Ownership Contract/agreement Dispute settlement Certification Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract This Model Instruction establishes that a citizen who wishes to sell a land plot of his ownership shall submit to the territorial branch of the Committee on Resources and Land Survey document attesting land ownership right (land certificate or other official land ownership act). Purchase and sale of land plots shall be authorized in the absence of land disputes and other circumstances impeding conclusion of land purchase and sale contracts. Indisputable boundaries of land plot shall be considered those established by: (a) court and arbitration court decision; (b) land certificate; (c) unappealed decision by local administration on land dispute settlement; (d) amicable settlement agreement; and (e) actual land use. Full text Russian Website www.lawrussia.ru