Land Code (No. 136-FZ of 2001).

The present Land Code and other legislative acts issued in accordance with it are based upon the following principles: 1) consideration of the importance of land as the basis of vital and economic activity of man and at the same time as immovable property, object of the right of ownership and other land rights; 2) priority of protection of land as the main environmental component in accordance with consideration of land as immovable property that that guarantees to the owner the right of ownership, possession and disposal of land freely on condition that it does not cause damage environmental damage; 3) priority ensuring decision-making and carrying out such types of activity that ensure protection of human life and prevention of negative impact on it; 4) unity of destination of the plots of land and objects strictly connected with them; 5) priority of conservation of particularly precious land and protected areas; 6) charged use of land except for cases envisaged by Federal and regional legislation; 7) purposeful sub-division of land in accordance with predestination of certain categories of land; 8) delimitation of state property on land by sub-division of land into federal, regional and municipal land; 9) differentiated legal status with the consideration of natural, social, economic and other factors; 10) consideration of legitimate public interests and interests of single individuals ensuring the right of each citizen to free ownership, use and disposal of the plots of land owned by him. The Federal Law consists of 18 Chapters that contain 103 articles. Chapter 1 (arts. 1-11) lays down general provisions. Chapter 2 (arts. 12-14) regards protection of land. Chapter 3 (arts. 15-19) regards ownership of land. Chapter 4 (arts. 20-24) regards permanent (open-ended) use, life-long inherited possession of the plots of land, limited use of neighbouring plots of land (servitude), lease of the plots of land, fixed-period use of the plots of land free-of-charge. Chapter 5 (arts. 25-39) deals with the origin of the right of land ownership. Chapter 6 (arts. 40-43) establishes the rights and the duties of the owners of the plots of land, land tenants, landlords and lessees in the process of usufruct of the plots of land. Chapter 7 (arts. 44-56) regards cessation and limitation of land rights. Chapter 8 (arts. 57-58) regards compensation of damages and losses of the producers of agricultural commodities and forestry in case of expropriation of the plots of land for state and municipal needs. Chapter 9 (arts. 59-64) regards protection of land rights and dispute settlement. Chapter 10 (arts. 65-66) deals with land charges and land valuation. Chapter 11 (arts. 67-70) regards land monitoring, land survey and state land cadastre. Chapter 12 (arts. 71-73) regards supervision over the observance of land legislation, protection and use of land (land control). Chapter 13 (arts. 74-76) establishes liability for the offences in the sphere of protection and use of land. Chapter 14 (arts. 77-82) regards agricultural land. Chapter 15 (arts. 83-86) regards urban land. Chapter 16 (arts. 87-93) regards lands of industry, energy, transport, communications, broadcasting, television, information service, outer space activity, defence land, security and other special use land. Chapter 17 (arts. 94-100) regards land of protected territories and objects. Chapter 18 (arts. 101-103) regards forest land, water land and reserve land.

Implemented by: Ministerial Decree No. 112 on land tenure of radioactively and chemically contaminated land, carrying out drainage and land reclamation thereon, setting up protection zones and conservation of objects situated thereon. (2004-02-27)
Implemented by: Ministerial Decree No. 262 validating the Regulation on compensation for damages caused to landowners, tenants and lessees resulting from expropriation by temporary occupation of land. (2003-05-07)
Implemented by: Ministerial Decree No. 808 on auctions for public or municipal land or for the right to conclude contracts of tenancy and lease thereof. (2002-11-11)
Implemented by: Regional Law No. 814-OZ “On implementation of Land Code of the Russian Federation on the regional territory”. (2015-11-03)
Amended by: Federal Law No. 154-03 amending some legislative acts regarding management of the forest estate land. (2006-07-27)
Amended by: Federal Law No. 92-FZ amending Article 72 of the Land Code. (2006-06-30)
Amended by: Federal Law No. 92-FZ amending Article 20 and 36 of the Land Code. (2006-12-29)
Amended by: Federal Law No. 204-FZ amending the Land Code. (2006-12-04)
Amended by: Federal Law No. 21-FZ amending article 61 of the Land Code. (2007-02-28)
Amended by: Federal Law No. 311-FZ amending Land Code (No. 136-FZ of 2001). (2008-12-30)
Amended by: Federal Law No. 138-FZ amending Land Code (No. 136-FZ of 2001). (2011-06-14)
Amended by: Federal Law No. 257-FZ amending Land Code. (2011-07-21)
Amended by: Federal Law No. 411-FZ amending Land Code (No. 136-FZ of 2001). (2013-12-28)
Amended by: Federal Law No. 123-FZ amending Land Code (No. 136-FZ of 2001). (2013-06-07)
Amended by: Federal Law No. 499-FZ amending Land Code (No. 136-FZ of 2001). (2014-12-31)
Amended by: Federal Law No. 171-FZ amending Land Code (No. 136-FZ of 2001). (2014-06-23)
Amended by: Federal Law No. 234-FZ amending Land Code (No. 136-FZ of 2001). (2014-07-21)
Amended by: Federal Law No. 252-FZ amending Land Code (No. 136-FZ of 2001). (2015-07-13)
Amended by: Federal Law No. 335-FZ amending Land Code (No. 136-FZ of 2001). (2016-07-03)
Amended by: Federal Law No. 260-FZ amending Federal Law No. 166-FZ on fisheries and conservation of aquatic biological resources and Land Code (No. 136-FZ of 2001). (2006-12-29)
Amended by: Federal Law No. 53-FZ amending Land Code, Federal Law No. 122-FZ on state registration of immovable property and its transactions and repealing some legislative acts. (2006-04-17)
Amended by: Federal Law No. 102-FZ amending Articles 16 and 19 of Water Code and Article 27 of Land Code. (2007-06-19)
Amended by: Federal Law No. 123-FZ introducing amendments to Land Code and to the Federal Law No. 101-FZ on turnover of agricultural land. (2004-10-03)
Amended by: Federal Law No. 334-FZ amending some legislative acts. (2016-07-03)
Amended by: Federal Law No. 73-FZ implementing Water Code. (2006-06-03)
Amended by: Federal Law No. 69-FZ amending some legislative acts related to public land. (2007-05-10)
Amended by: Federal Law No. 354-FZ amending some legislative acts. (2016-07-03)
Amended by: Federal Law No. 201-FZ implementing the Forest Code. (2006-12-04)
Repeals: Land Code, Law No. 1103-1 of 1991. (1991-04-25)