Regional Law No. 19-zs “On regulation of land relations”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Rostov Document type Legislation Date 2003 (2015) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Land tenure Agricultural land Ownership Expropriation Private land Protected area Governance 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 ten days after the date of its official publication. Abstract The scope of this Regional Law shall be to perform legal regulation of the issues related to ownership, tenancy and governance of land, including agricultural land, land shares in common ownership, and also relations concerning land reservation and land expropriation. Priorities of regional land policy shall be set forth as follows: (a) conservation of agricultural land, land of protected areas and other categories of land; (b) rational land tenure and land conservation; (c) implementation of the constitutional rights of citizens to purchase land plots in ownership; (d) land uses ensuring conservation of ecosystems; and (e) conservation and promotion of traditional Cossack forms of land tenure. Full text Russian Website docs.cntd.ru References - Legislation Amended by Regional Law No. 346-ZS amending Regional Law No. 19-zs “On regulation of land relations”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015 Keyword: Agricultural land, Family farming, Smallholders/peasants, Farming, Land tenure, Public land, Ownership, Private land, Property rights Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Law No. 552-ZS amending Regional Law No. 19-zs “On regulation of land relations”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2016 Keyword: Public land, Agricultural land, Lease, Contract/agreement, Non-governmental entity Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Law No. 650-ZS amending Regional Law No. 19-zs “On regulation of land relations”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2016 Keyword: Agricultural land, Public land, Agro-forestry Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Law No. 393-ZS amending Regional Law No. 19-zs “On regulation of land relations”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015 Keyword: Agricultural land, Public land, Farming, Urban and peri-urban agriculture, Agricultural development, Ownership Source: FAO, FAOLEX