The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: For completion of land reform cities article 1. This law determines the order in which the transactions of land reform in cities as well as to its completion will sort of land use rights and property relations and pending disputes with land reform.
2. article. (1) up to 1 March 1999 to citizens of Latvia – residential buildings owners or users of the orchard, which under the Orchard installation with building rights may apply to the acquisition of property in the land of the fee, if the former land owners or their heirs is not claimed by the Earth or the requested compensation for it, or received the equivalent of i land this on another site. This right is also a former land owners or their heirs — Latvian citizens, if their land adjacent to the area of the parcel is less than the city's building of minimum building land size, or it is configured to not allow the separation of part of the plot. Former land owners or their heirs have the right to get this piece of land ownership for a fee according to the cadastral value of the land, paying with privatisation certificates or lats for land izpircēj.
(2) Land Commission until March 1, 1999 (Riga and Daugavpils City Land Commission — up to 1999 April 1) sends out persons whose applications for acquisition of land ownership for a fee has not yet been considered, a statement that specifies the documents to be submitted. The deadline shall be no later than May 1, 1999 (Riga and Daugavpils — not later than 1 July 1999).
(3) if the documents have not been submitted within the time limit laid down in this law, the right to redeem the land is lost to the law "on land reform in the cities of the Republic of Latvia" in article 12.
(4) urban land Commission all submitted requests to examine the land and relevant opinions on the land ownership rights of renewal or transfer of ownership of the land for a fee to be adopted on 1 July 1999 (Riga and Daugavpils City Land Commission — up to 1 October, 1999).
3. article. (1) citizens of Latvia who got a housing estate or orchard with building right after 20 June 1992, have the right to land for a fee to obtain the property according to the cadastral land value of the area as determined according to the law "on land reform in the cities of the Republic of Latvia" article 12, if the said residential buildings and orchards with building rights located on the State or local Government to nodded land as well as on the ground, which is not claimed by former land owners or their heirs or they requested compensation for it, or received the equivalent land in other places, in the following order: 1) Latvian citizens — first class heirs and surviving spouses who are the rights referred to in this article got inheritance, as well as the children, grandchildren and spouses, where these rights are acquired as a result of the donation made, shall be entitled to acquire land ownership paying with privatization certificates, e m or lats for land izpircēj of choice; 2) the citizens of Latvia, with the exception of the first paragraph of this article referred to in the first paragraph that the rights referred to in this article got inheritance, donations, as well as other types of transaction, the land is entitled to obtain the property, paying by the property compensation certificates or lats for land izpircēj.
(2) the citizens of Latvia who got a housing estate or orchard with building right after 20 June 1992, the inheritance, shall be entitled to acquire property in the land (if requested by the former residential buildings owner or orchard with building the right user to 20 June 1992) for a fee according to the cadastral land value, means of payment is determined by the first part of this article 1 and paragraph 2 in the order, depending on the legal status of the heir in the area, a determination according to the law "on land reform in the cities of the Republic of Latvia" article 12, while the land is claimed by former land owners or their heirs, except the Land Commission decision on property rights.
4. article. If you have not yet started on the State budget funded the plot boundaries determine which restores the land property rights, former land owners or their heirs are entitled to 1998 December 31 from this land and require it to refuse for property compensation certificates.
5. article. (1) land reform is considered complete when the municipal territory is fulfilled the law "On land reform in the cities of the Republic of Latvia" 6, 7 and 8 of the work provided for in article.
(2) urban land Commission ceases its activities, if they have complied with the law "on land reform in the cities of the Republic of Latvia" article 6, paragraph 4, and article 8, paragraph 1, and the measures laid down in article 2 of this law.
(3) where the city land Commission have adopted decisions on land ownership and usage rights, but the owners and users of documents not issued, article 15 of this law in accordance with the procedure laid down in taking over the national land Service Department.
6. article. In the month following the completion of the land reform City municipality shall prepare and submit to the State land service of the notice of completion of land reform and the report on the performance of the work, indicating the area of land under the law "on State and local land ownership rights and the reinforcement of land" article 7 strengthened the country name.
7. article. The Minister of Justice in the Cabinet of Ministers to be submitted for examination to the State land Department to prepare an order for the completion of the land reform areas.
8. article. If the Cabinet is made to order for an individual country to land the transfer assent to any of the municipalities, property rights on these parcels of land in the land on the strengthened local name without prior strengthening of property rights to the State.

9. article. (1) On behalf of the State joint stock company "Latvian mortgage and land bank" (hereinafter referred to as the Latvian mortgage and land bank) in the land of the people strengthened property rights to land, which was assigned to the residential buildings owners or orchard with building the right users — Republic of Latvia permanent residents, as well as other persons who are not citizens of Latvia, if these residential buildings and orchards with building rights located on the State or local Government to nodded land as well as on the ground, which is not claimed by former land owners or their heirs if they r a p it requested a refund, or received the equivalent land in other places.
(2) land ownership rights on behalf of the Latvian mortgage and land bank strengthened in the land in person, on the basis of the reference, which was drawn up in accordance with the law "on State and local land ownership rights and the consolidation of the land" in article 10. This reference shall be accompanied by: 1) city land Commission decision of housing construction or orchard with building use rights passed the boundary of the parcel, acreage and land use approval of the assessment as well as easements and aprobežojum;
2) land boundary plan with cadastral number. In determining the area of parcels of land the City Commission shall comply with the law "on land reform in the cities of the Republic of Latvia", the provisions of article 12.
(3) the first paragraph of this article natural persons of applications for purchase of the parcel shall submit to the city ground to the Commission by 1 March 1999. After the expiry of that person loses the right to buy land in accordance with the procedure laid down in this Act.
(4) urban land Commission shall examine the applications submitted by this law, article 2, fourth subparagraph, the time limits laid down.
10. article. This law referred to in article 9 of the land nostiprināmo parcels through land purchase contract, the Latvian mortgage and land bank of Latvia sold permanent residents, as well as other natural persons who are not citizens of Latvia and on the sale of the parcel acquired residential buildings owned or orchard with building use rights, according to the cadastral value of the land property compensation certificates or lats after the land buyer's choice.
11. article. The State owned the land on which is located the Latvian citizens, permanent residents of the Republic of Latvia or another natural person owned residential buildings or use of existing orchards with building rights and who secured the land for the state name to other institutions, Latvian mortgage and land bank according to the cadastral value of the land sold to the persons referred to in this article on property compensation certificates or lats after the land buyer's choice. In these cases, the land rights of the Latvian mortgage and securing land bank in person is required. This article refers to the land transfer order is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
12. article. Individuals who buy into this law on State land in the bunker of the word land is exempt from payment of State fees. Concluding a land purchase contract, significantly the law "On land reform in the cities of the Republic of Latvia" in the second paragraph of article 21 of the said limits.
13. article. Expenses related to the purchase of land the contract, pay the land buyer in LCY.
14. article. On the parcels, which the Latvian mortgage and land bank is sold in accordance with the procedure laid down in this Act, local governments have no right of pre-emption.
15. article. Urban Land Commission two months after the termination of their Commission, protocols, and with land reform related documentation national land service department concerned. Documentation is sorted according to the legislation on archives. Frustrated by the low demand, together with a list of the documents submitted by the applicant city in the Land Commission in accordance with the law "on land reform in the cities of the Republic of Latvia" article 14 shall be referred to the Central Land Commission.
16. article. After the town the Land Commission to the cessation of land reform, to complete the land dispute to be considered in the following order: 1) with land ownership boundaries disputes related to property in the land registry for registration the national land service of the Department in question created the Commission, which is made up of the City Council designated representative, and its decision within one month of its notification can appeal to the Central Land Commission or Tribunal;
2) city land Commission decisions on land ownership, the charging of fees for redeemable and reimbursements in the month following the notification, you can appeal to the Central Land Commission or court.
Article 17. If there is an overdue expiration had to submit documents proving land ownership or inheritance rights, the Central Land Commission can restore land ownership rights or grant compensation. Central Land Commission decision within one month of its notification can be appealed in court.
18. article. City limits, where the administrative building (building) and the land is the property of the object independently, disputes relating to land lease charges, the Central Land Commission decision within one month of its notification can be appealed in court.
The transitional provisions of this law are also under consideration in the application of the person who submitted them of 8 august 1998 until 1 September 1998.
The law adopted in 1998 the Saeima on 29 October.
The President g. Ulmanis in Riga in 1998 on November 5.