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Regional Law No. 1736 “Land Code”.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Tatarstan
Document type
Legislation
Date
1998 (2015)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land tenure Agricultural land Classification/declassification Protected area Public land Private land Ownership Foreign land tenure Cadastre/land registration Zoning Local government
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 Law enters into force on the date of its official publication.
Abstract

This Regional Law sets forth legal regulation of land relations, establishes the powers of regional state legislative and executive bodies, and local government in the aforesaid sphere. It establishes legal regime of land tenure based upon land classification. This Act establishes purposeful use of land and lays down legal grounds for land tenure and land management for specific purposes. It classifies land into the following categories: (a) agricultural land; (b) urban land; (c) industry, energy, communication land; (d) protected areas; (e) land of forest fund; (f) land of waterbodies; and (g) reserve land. Land ownership right shall be subject to mandatory state registration. Regional land can pertain to private, public, municipal and other types of ownership. Agricultural land shall be subject to natural-agricultural zoning. Agricultural land shall be considered land outside inhabited areas allotted and destined for agricultural production. The composition of agricultural land specifies agricultural land areas, land occupied by intra-organizational roads, communications, trees and shrubs, designed to ensure the protection of land from negative impact, waterbodies, as well as buildings, construction, infrastructures used for production, storage and primary processing of agricultural commodities. Agricultural land can be used for agricultural production, creation of protective forest plantations, research, educational and other related agricultural production purposes as well as for aquaculture. Land plots in the Republic of Tatarstan may be in private, state (public), municipal and other forms of ownership. Citizens can have land plots on the basis of ownership, lease, permanent (open-ended) use, life-long inherited possession, unless otherwise established by federal law. Legal entities can own land plots by right of ownership, permanent (open-ended) use, limited free use and lease, unless otherwise established by federal legislation. Foreign citizens, stateless persons may have land plots by the right of lease, except for cases, provided by the Land Code of the Russian Federation. Foreign citizens, stateless persons and foreign legal entities have the right to acquire ownership of land plots in accordance with the procedure established by the Land Code of the Russian Federation.

Full text
Russian
Website
gua.tatar.ru

References - Legislation

Amended by

Regional Law No. 67-ZRT amending Regional Law No. 1736 “Land Code”.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015

Keyword: Land tenure, Public land

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regional Law No. 45-ZRT amending Regional Law No. 1736 “Land Code”.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015

Keyword: Soil pollution/quality, Residues, Biological control agents

Source: FAO, FAOLEX