To the attention of owners of unused agricultural land
This year, the mechanism for the sale of confiscated agricultural land plots has changed if the plots were not used for their intended purpose.
As a general rule, an agricultural land plot may be withdrawn from its owner by a court decision if the fact of non-use of such a land plot for its intended purpose for three or more years is revealed, and also if the acquired land plot is not used for its intended purpose after one year from the date of its acquisition.
A rule has been introduced that the owner of an agricultural land plot, who has been issued an order to eliminate a violation, is not entitled to pledge the land plot, make transactions aimed at transferring, terminating the ownership of the land plot.
The law reduced the period for holding public auctions from six to four months after the entry into force of a court decision on the withdrawal of a land plot from agricultural land.
If, according to the results of the survey, it is revealed that land reclamation measures are required on the site, then the initial price of such a land plot is reduced by an amount equal to the cost of such measures, but not more than 30%.
For reference: cultural works are reclamation measures to bring agricultural land into proper condition for intended use by clearing land from tree and shrub vegetation, stumps and buried wood, clearing land from grassy vegetation, tussocks and moss, clearing land from stones and other items, earthing, sanding, claying, primary tillage, loosening, planting, other works.