Regional Law No. 397-64 “On allotment of land plots for individual housing and suburban construction”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Saint Petersburg Document type Legislation Date 2005 (2008) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Public land Ownership Urban land 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 that land plots for individual housing and suburban construction shall be allotted to citizens in ownership with or without competitive tendering. Citizens that have no right to be allotted land plots without competitive tendering must purchase them exclusively through competitive tendering. Russian nationals that have obtained land parcel free of charge for suburban construction in accordance with this Regional Law shall have no right to allotment of land plot free of charge for individual housing construction. Allotment of land plots free of charge shall be performed by the Regional Government that establishes annually the number of land plots to be allotted free of charge. Full text Russian Website regzakon.fpa.su