Law of Georgia on Recognition of Property Rights of the Parcels of Land Possessed (Used) by Natural Persons and Legal Entities under Private Law (No. 5274-RS of 2007)

The purpose of this Law is, by recognising the property rights, to use state-owned land resources in lawful possession (use), as well as state-owned land squatted by natural persons, legal entities under private law, or any other organisational structures provided for by law, and to facilitate land market development. This Law determines basic terms and conditions of recognition of property rights to lawfully possessed (used), as well as squatted land and the scope of authority of the bodies which represent the state in the process of recognition of the property rights. In a case, when a competent state body has alienated only a significant component part of a parcel of land and, based on the requirements of this Law, the property right to the parcel of land cannot be recognised, a property manager provided for by the Law of Georgia on the State Property, shall determine the parcel of land with the property right on the significant component part of a parcel of land. The property right to the following squatted state-owned agricultural or non-agricultural lands shall not be subject to recognition: stock routes; land of the state water fund, except for parcels of land, ownership to which may be transferred and which may be used according to the requirements of the Law of Georgia on Water; land of state industrial forest fund, except for parcels of land sqautted by natural persons or legal entities under private law or any other organizational structure provided for by law and ownership to which may be transferred based on the conclusion of a body authorised to manage the state forest fund and which may be excluded from the state forest fund without disturbing the management and protection of the state forest fund; protected areas (territories), except for protected landscapes and multiple use areas (territories); recreational parks, woodland parks, public gardens and other areas, except for areas having the status of resorts of Georgia, resort places, alpine skiing centres, and a Recreation Area of the Black Sea Coast determined by ordinance of the Government of Georgia; historical, cultural, natural and religious monuments; parcels of land of public use (squares, streets, passages, roads, pavements, embankment), recreational places (parks, woodland parks, public gardens, allées), dendrological parks and botanical gardens; lands where a water reservoir, a hydro technical structure, and sanitary protection zones of these facilities are located; special purpose parcels of land (intended for defence and defence mobilisation); parcels of land occupied by state-owned facilities, including parcels of land with state property not subject to privatisation, according to the Law of Georgia on State Property; cemeteries and pantheons; sanitary and protection zones; and lands intended for construction and operation of oil and gas main pipelines and associated underground and aboveground facilities.