The scope of this Law shall be acknowledgement of the right of ownership to land plots pertaining to the ownership (tenancy) of natural and legal persons of private law. It shall be also applicable to unauthorized land seizure related to the plots of land pertaining to public land. This Law establishes plenary powers of state bodies representing the interests of the state in the process of acknowledgement of the right of ownership.

La presente Ley dicta normas de distribución de terrenos baldíos a familias pobres del país con fines sociales y productivos, disponiendo que el Consejo Directivo del INCODER señale para cada región o zona las extensiones máximas y mínimas adjudicables de los baldíos productivos en Unidades Agrícolas Familiares.

The present Act ensures the survey of land and the approval of plans. The Act contains at the outset a definition clause relating to various terms employed therein such as, for example, “application for boundary confirmation”, “cadastral parcel mapping system”, “deteriorated monument”, “former land registration district”, “land surveys directory”, “land titles registry”, “lost monument”, “parcel”, “primary survey”, “registered owner”, “re-establishment”, “Registrar of Titles”, etc. Section 4 establishes the Land Surveys Directory.

This Act makes provision for the incorporation of group representatives of groups formed under the Land Adjudication Act and contains rules relative to the administration of such group representatives and its property and the nomination and powers of the Registrar of Group Representatives. The Minister shall appoint a Registrar of Group Representatives to perform the duties and exercise the powers imposed and conferred on by this Act.

This Act makes provision for the administration of the adjudication of any area of Trust land designated by the Minister. The Minister may designate, by Order, Trust land to which provisions of this Act apply if: (a) the county council in whom the land is vested so requests; (b) the Minister considers it expedient that the rights and interests of persons in the land should be ascertained and registered; and (c) the Land Consolidation Act does not apply to the area.

This Act establishes the National Land Fund with the purpose of: a reasonable management of state-owned agricultural, forestry and other lands, promoting ecological agricultural production and economic efficiency, and creating a modern landed property structure based on family farms. Property rights in regard of the Fund are exercised by the Minister in charge of agriculture policy. The activity of the Fund is supervised by the State Audit Office.

The present Law lays down provisions relating to land expropriation in the Canton of Schwyz. Article 4 establishes that expropriation is, inter alia, admissible for: the rebuilding and enlargement of new streets; the remaking of river banks and brooks; for the building of new churches; the exploitation of material used for building of streets; the erection of new water conducts and fountains.

The scope of this Regional law shall be to ensure the right of citizens with three and more children for acquisition free of charge in ownership of the plots of land pertaining to state or municipal property.

This Regional Law regulates relations concerning tenure and conservation of land. Natural and legal persons shall have equal access to purchase in ownership of the plots of land. Local government shall have municipal property related to the following categories of land: (a) recognized as municipal land by federal and regional legislation; (b) right to which originates from delimitation of public property to land; (c) land purchased in accordance with civil legislation; and (d) land transferred free of charge out of federal property.

This Regional Law regulates the issues of land tenure and protection of land, land-related property and ownership relations, management and disposal of land. Objects of land relations shall be as follows: (a) land as natural object and natural resource; (b) land plots; and (c) land shares and part of land plots. Regional land shall be classified in the following categories: (a) agricultural land; (b) urban land; (c) industrial, energy, transport and defence land; (d) protected areas; (e) forestland; (f) land or waterbodies; and (g) reserve land.

This Regional Law regulates the issues of allocation free of charge in ownership to legal persons of plots of land pertaining to state or municipal property. It shall be applicable to plots of land with non-delimited plenary powers and jurisdiction that can be disposed of by local government and also to plots of land pertaining to municipal property. The aforesaid plots of land can be allocated for collective housing construction.

Article 2 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Minimum land area of newly consolidated land plot of agricultural land parcelled from shared ownership shall be equal to land share on account of which the aforesaid land plot is parcelled”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 170 “On turnover and land-use planning of agricultural land”. (2012)