Law on priority inheritance rights to agricultural property.
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Type of law
Legislation
Date of original text
Date of latest amendment
Abstract
This Law concerns allodial rights that may be claimed in respect of cultivated land and related matters. such rights may be claimed in respect of land cultivated with crops or forest land as defined in article 2. The Law also concerns the determination whether land is subject to such property rights in respect of cultivated land. The right of inheritance is given to the farmer when he or she has been our owner with full ownership for 20 years. The Law sets out how rights can be inherited (Åsetesrett) in various circumstances. Rights may be lost in case of non-cultivation of the land. The Law also provides for the resolution of dispute and gives some rules how to treat forest land that is subject to a dispute.
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Notes
Consolidated version of Law No. 58 of 1974 as amended last by law No. 99 of 2017.
Repealed
No
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Lov om odelsretten og åsetesretten (odelslova).