This Regional Law establishes the modalities of allocation of parcels of public land to citizens free of charge for farming, gardening, horticulture and stockbreeding, and establishes minimum and maximum land area of the aforesaid parcels. It establishes that regional resident – natural person that has never had nor has parcel of agricultural land in ownership for subsistence farming, gardening or horticulture, shall be granted the right to receive in ownership a land parcel for each of the aforesaid purposes once-only.

This Regional Law establishes the modalities of allocation of parcels of public land to citizens free of charge for gardening, horticulture and stockbreeding, and establishes minimum and maximum land area of the aforesaid parcels. It establishes that regional resident – natural person that has never had nor has parcel of agricultural land in ownership for subsistence farming, gardening or horticulture, shall be granted the right to receive in ownership a land parcel for each of the aforesaid purposes once-only.

This Regional Law establishes plenary powers of regional state bodies as regards land tenure and management of public land parcels or land with unidentified ownership. Authorized state regional institution in the sphere of land management shall carry out the following plenary powers: (a) preparation of documentation for delimitation of land ownership; (b) tenancy and management of public land; and (c) shall be a Party on behalf of the regional administration to purchase and sale, and also lease or land tenancy contracts on behalf of the regional administration.

This Regional Law regulates some issues related to turnover of land parcels and land shares in common property concerning agricultural land. Maximum land area of agricultural land that can be allotted to a single natural of legal person on the territory of a municipal district shall be 10 percent of the total available agricultural land. Minimum land area of agricultural land allotted to production of agricultural commodities shall be 70 ha.

This Regional Law classifies protected areas as follows: (a) natural parks; (b) state nature reserves; (c) nature monuments; (d) dendrological parks and botanical gardens; (e) healthcare areas and spas; and (f) traditional nature management areas of indigenous peoples. Protected areas of regional significance shall be property of the regional administration. Inclusion of land parcels pertaining to natural and legal persons on condition of ownership, tenancy or lease into protected areas category shall be allowed. Boundaries of protected areas shall be mapped.

This Regional Law regulates relations related to tenure, ownership and management of agricultural land. It establishes minimum agricultural land area in the process of land consolidation of 0,04 ha. Maximum agricultural land area owned by a single natural or legal person shall not exceed 10 percent of total available agricultural land area. Regional administration shall have preferential terms for purchase of agricultural land at established price. Minimum period of lease of agricultural land for agricultural production shall be 11 months, for other authorized uses – 10 months.

This Regional Law establishes minimum and maximum land areas of public and municipal land to be allotted to regional residents in ownership for farming, gardening, horticulture, stockbreeding and suburban housing construction. It shall not be applicable to agricultural land and it shall not be applicable to purchase of land in ownership by citizens.

This Regional Law regulates transfer of land from one category to another, or classification of land plots by categories, including classification as agricultural land, municipal land or private land ownership. Request for transfer of land plot from one category to another must contain the following data: (a) land area; (b) cadastre number of land plot; (c) location of land plot; (d) actual land category and destination category; (e) substantiation of transfer request; and (f) land rights.

This Regional Law regulates management of land parcels with undelimited state ownership by the executive state body nominated by the Regional Administration. The modalities of management of land parcels with undelimited state ownership must comply with the acting land legislation.

La presente modifica la Ley que amplía los alcances de la Ley sobre disposiciones para la venta de tierras habilitadas de los proyectos especiales hidroenergéticos y de irrigación, en relación a las facultades otorgadas a los proyectos especiales hidroenergéticos.

This Act provides the registration of titles and the appointment of the Registrar of Titles and contains various rules relative to title in land and other rights and interests in respect of land, transfer of titles, etc.The Governor-General shall appoint a Registrar of Titles, Deputy Registrars of Titles and a Panel of Referees of Titles. The Act provides for the lodging of caveats with the Registrar of Titles by persons claiming an interest in land forbidding the bringing of land under the working of this Act.

In the Article 6 the wording “national natural and legal persons” shall be substituted by the wording “natural persons that are the nationals of the Republic of Moldova and legal persons without foreign investments”.

Amends: Law on normative price and procedure of sale and purchase of land (No.1308-XII of 1997). (1998-12-23)