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Regional Law regarding the right of citizens to private property and sale of the plots of land for subsidiary small-holding, suburban small-holding, gardening and individual housing (1993).

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Chuvashia
Document type
Legislation
Date
1993
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land reform Land tenure Public land Ownership Prescription/adverse possession Smallholders/peasants
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
Entry into force from the date of its official publication.
Abstract

Transfer of the plots of land for subsidiary small-holding, suburban small-holding, gardening and individual housing on condition of private property must be carried out in accordance with Federal, Regional land legislation and the present Regional Law. Plots of land allocated to citizens on condition of ownership, open-ended (permanent) tenancy by the date of entry into force of the present Regional Law must be transferred free-of-charge to citizens within the limits established by the local self-government. Citizens whose plots of land exceed the established limits maintain in any case the right to hereditary possession or tenancy of the part of the plot of land exceeding the established limits. The aforesaid category of citizens is authorized to purchase the exceeding part of the plot of land from local self-government on contractual basis. The citizens possessing the plots of land for subsidiary small-holding, suburban small-holding, gardening and individual housing are granted the right to sell them irrespectively of the period of the acquisition of the right of ownership to the plot of land subject to sale.

Full text
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