Regional Law No. 23-Z “On regulation of land relations”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Mordovia Document type Legislation Date 2009 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Land tenure Agricultural land Land-use planning Public land Private land Property rights Expropriation Lease 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 This Regional Law delimits plenary powers of the Regional Assembly, Regional Government and regional executive bodies in the sphere of land tenure and land management. It envisages the issues of land governance and, in particular, the modalities of lease of land in accordance with contracts, terms and conditions of allotment of agricultural land to citizens. It also establishes minimum and maximum land areas conceded in ownership to citizens for horticulture, gardening and suburban housing construction, and also concession of public and municipal land to citizens for stockbreeding. This Regional Law envisages also particular cases of concession of land to citizens in ownership free of charge for particular merits. This Regional Law regulates also land prices and the issues of land expropriation with or without buyout. Full text Russian Website www.e-mordovia.ru References - Legislation Amended by Regional Law No. 20-Z amending Regional Law No. 23-Z “On regulation of land relations”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015 Keyword: Public land, Lease, Contract/agreement Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Law No. 67-Z amending Regional Law No. 23-Z “On regulation of land relations”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015 Keyword: Land tenure, Local government, Public land, Private land, Property rights Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Law No. 55-Z amending Regional Law No. 23-Z “On regulation of land relations”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015 Keyword: Servitude Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Law No. 107-Z amending Regional Law No. 23-Z “On regulation of land relations”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2016 Keyword: Land tenure, Public land, Contract/agreement, Property rights, Lease, Governance Source: FAO, FAOLEX