Regional Law No. 17-ZKO “On maximum land plot area allotted for subsistence farming”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Kursk Document type Legislation Date 2011 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil Keyword Agricultural land Farming Family farming Smallholders/peasants Agricultural development Land tenure Ownership Expropriation 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 Entry into force notes This Regional Law enters into force 10 days after the date of its official publication. Abstract This Regional Law establishes maximum total land area that can be owned or belong in any other form to citizens carrying out subsistence farming. Maximum land area of agricultural land cannot exceed 2 ha per each subsistence farm. In case of excess of the aforesaid limit the exceeding land area must be expropriated within one year from the date of origin of the aforesaid rights or within the same time period the citizen must be registered as individual entrepreneur in the form of peasant farm. Full text Russian Website regzakon.fpa.su