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Date of publication: 
novembre 2004
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ISBN / Resource ID: 
LEX-FAOC081992
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16
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This Land Code stipulates that land shall be public property protected by the state and shall be rationally and efficiently managed. It regulates land relations and applies to natural and legal foreign and domestic persons and to foreign states and international organizations. Land legislation shall provide for: (a) regulation of land relations with a view to the rational and efficient use of land resources; (b) implementation of state programmes for the management and protection of land resources; (c) land use planning, keeping the state land cadastre and land monitoring; (d) establishing the grounds for origin, change and cessation land ownership, land tenure and lease; (e) creation of the rights and obligations of landlords, tenants and lessees; (f) measures to improve soil fertility and conserve the environment; and (g) creation of conditions for the equitable development of all forms of land tenure. The Act consists of eight sections: (1) general provisions; (2) land fund; (3) state regulation of land relations; (4) allotment of land plots to natural and legal foreign and domestic persons and to foreign states and international organizations; (5) land ownership; (6) land tenure; (7) leases; and (8) ownership rights to land plots, tenants and lessees. The Land Code contemplates the following forms of land tenure: (a) ownership; (b) tenancy; and (c) lease. Land plots may be allotted in ownership to citizens of Turkmenistan, and may be allotted in permanent or temporary land tenure (tenancy) to natural and legal persons of Turkmenistan. Land plots may be allotted in lease to natural and legal persons of Turkmenistan and of foreign states, as well as to foreign states and international organizations.

Implemented by: Law implementing Land Code. (2004-11-01)

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Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

Gnetii, Vsevolod (CONSLEGB)

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