Regional Law No. 65-ZKO “On regulation of some issues in the sphere of land relations”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Kursk Document type Legislation Date 2006 (2009) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Land tenure Public land Servitude Expropriation Protected area 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 jurisdictional competence of regional and local executive bodies in the sphere of land tenure related to land areas state ownership of which is undelimited. It shall not be applicable to agricultural land and to allotment of land pertaining to federal and municipal property. Expropriation of land parcels for public needs shall be authorized in the following cases: (a) constitution of protected areas; (b) impossibility of the use of forest parcels due to imposition of public servitude thereon; (c) allocation of objects destined for state bodies in case of impossibility to allocate the aforesaid objects in other places; and (d) allocation of objects destined for public institutions and enterprises. Full text Russian Website regzakon.fpa.su References - Legislation Repealed by Regional Law No. 117-ZKO “On delimitation of plenary powers between state bodies in the sphere of land relations”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015 Keyword: Land tenure, Public land, Enforcement/compliance, Governance, Transfer, Protected area, Cadastre/land registration, Land valuation, Expropriation, Servitude Source: FAO, FAOLEX