Land Code (Law No. 425-Z).

This Land Code establishes that objects of land relations shall be: (a) land; (b) plots of land; (c) land rights; and (d) restrictions (encumbrances), including servitude. The following types of ownership are envisaged: (a) public property; (b) private property; (c) foreign property, including property of international organizations; (d) lifelong hereditary ownership; (e) open-ended (permanent) ownership; (f) provisional ownership; and (g) lease (sublease). Land Code consists of 12 Sections dealing with the following matters: Section 1 general provisions; Section 2 state regulation and management in the sphere of land tenure and land protection; Section 3 payment for land and the right of concluding lease contracts; Section 4 concession of public land; Section 5 transfer of rights, restrictions (encumbrances) to plots of land; Section 6 cessation of rights, restrictions (encumbrances) to plots of land; Section 7 rights and duties of land tenants and protection thereof; Section 8 land survey; Section 9 land monitoring; Section 10 land conservation, state supervision over management and protection of land; Section 11 dispute settlement and liability; and Section 12 final provisions. Land shall be classified into the following categories: (a) agricultural land; (b) urban land; (c) industrial land; (d) environmental protection, recreational land and areas of historical and cultural heritage; (e) forestland; (f) water fund land; and (g) reserve land.