The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: For completion of land reform in rural areas article 1. This law determines the order in which the transactions of land reform in rural areas, as well as to its completion will sort of land use rights and property relations and pending disputes with land reform.
2. article. (1) County and town Land Commission for rural land (hereinafter the County Land Commission) month after the date of entry into force of the law, shall adopt a decision on an application submitted to the 1997 9 September on the granting of permanent use of land. Applications for the grant of permanent land use filed after this deadline are not considered, except in individual submissions relating to land use rights for another transition natural person, legal person, as well as applications for the abandonment of the land in permanent use rights.
(2) If the County Land Commission has adopted an opinion on land property right of renewal or equivalent grant of land property, but not the land boundary of the refuge (trying), former land owners or their heirs the land on which the property right is renewed until 30 November 1997 will be in constant use. The decision on the granting of permanent use of land, which added to the land use and land ownership plan, a copy of the report with its land borders to which you restore the property rights of land subject to former owners or their heirs. This decision shall enter into force if, within 10 days after the date of its notification to the interested parties not to decide appeals. The entry into force of the decision on the granting of permanent use of land and the land use and land ownership plan, a copy of the report is the basis for the initiation of land use and real estate (land) for initiating the payment of taxes in accordance with the procedure prescribed by law.
(3) If not yet launched its land border refuge (trying) to which you want to restore land ownership to the former land owner or his heirs have the right to withdraw from this land and claim on the property of refund certificates within the time limit set by law.
3. article. Land reform is considered complete when the municipal territory, the land reform in the first and second round within the following works: 1) County Land Commission has examined the submissions received for the granting of permanent use of land or property for payment and adopted the relevant decisions (opinions);
2 the County ground) the Commission has examined the former land owner or their heirs submissions and, on the basis of ownership or inheritance rights supporting documents submitted to the June 1, 1996, article 2 of this law, the time limit laid down in the relevant decisions adopted (opinions) on land property right of renewal or equivalent award of land property, or compensation;
3) on the basis of paragraph 1 and in paragraph 2, in the parish of land referred to in the Commission decision (opinions), made the municipal territory of land use and land ownership review plan to elect (uzmērīt) or ieprojektēt of land use and land ownership;
4) elect (uzmērīt) use and ownership of the assigned plots of land boundaries, and all land use and property registered in the cadastre of the State land service.
4. article. A month after that article 3 of the law of the land reform referred to in the first and second rounds of the completion of the relevant local Government shall prepare and submit to the State land Department report that shows the local distribution of the lands in the territory according to the primary purpose for their use.
5. article. The Minister of Justice submitted for review in the Cabinet of the national land service prepare for the order for the completion of the land reform areas.
6. article. If it is assumed the Cabinet decision on the separate State of land 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.
7. article. (1) On behalf of the State joint stock company "Latvian mortgage and land bank" (hereinafter-the Latvian mortgage and land bank) person in the land strengthened property rights to land, which: 1) to the 1997 September 9 requested and to article 2 of this law, the deadline set in the permanent use of the granted natural persons who, in accordance with the law "on the privatization of land in rural areas" of article 15 shall not be entitled to acquire land ownership;
2) until 1997, 9 September, requested and to article 2 of this law, the deadline set in the permanent use of the granted to legal persons, other than land, which according to the law "on State and local land ownership rights and the consolidation of the land" of article 8 is to state the name of the person in the other institutions;
3) by the law "on privatisation certificates" in use privatisation certificates laid down in this law, the expiry of the 8 and 9 in accordance with the procedure laid down in article not redeemed.
(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. To add to this reference: 1) the County Commission or the Earth-its expiry of-State land service of the district decision on permanent use granted in the parcel area turning, pay or cadastre evaluation and on the discovery of the easement and encumbrance;
2) statutory authority decision on the granting of permanent use of land with the right to use the transition to other parties (for natural persons) or the decision on the granting of permanent use of land (for legal entities);
3) plot of land boundary plan with cadastral number.
(3) land use rights the permanent natural and legal persons shall end with the consolidation of land property rights in the land register on behalf of the Latvian mortgage and land bank, keeping the natural and legal persons was assigned a permanent land use, land rental rights, which strengthened in the land.
8. article. Latvian nationals who land until 1 November 1996 assigned permanent use, as well as Latvian citizens, who got the land use rights where those rights they inherited from Latvian citizens and permanent residents who use the low standing time until 1 November 1996, are entitled to redeem land to the law "on privatisation certificates" set the time of the privatisation certificates in accordance with the law "on the privatization of land in rural areas" referred to in article 18 of the regulations and procedures of payment.
9. article. Latvian nationals who land granted permanent use from 1 November 1996 to this law, 2 the deadline laid down in the article, as well as Latvian citizens, who got the land use rights where those rights they inherited from Latvian citizens and permanent residents who use the low standing after November 1, 1996, are entitled to redeem the land property compensation certificates and lats within one year from the entry into force of this law. Means of payment chosen land izpircēj. After the period of the land corresponding to about lat. Land redemption fee is determined according to the cadastral value of the land, but charge for stand-according to mežierīcīb data and in accordance with the Cabinet of Ministers established the assessment procedure stands.
10. article. (1) this law article 7, first paragraph, point 1 and 2 in the land referred to in the ground through land purchase contract, sell Latvian mortgage and land bank in the following order: 1) natural persons of the Republic of Latvia permanent residents (if they are entitled to a Latvian citizen's passport not issued), which granted permanent land use during the 1996 November 1, residential construction and maintenance, gardening and cottage , garages and other buildings and structures, as well as this referred to natural persons who acquired the relevant land use rights transfer of these rights, and land sold through land purchase contracts and subject to this Act, the remuneration laid down in article 8 of the order and the law "On the privatization of land in rural areas" article 29 limits;

2) natural persons of the Republic of Latvia permanent residents (if they are entitled to a Latvian citizen's passport not issued), which granted permanent land use after 1 November 1996 to article 2 of this law, the deadline laid down in the residential construction and maintenance, gardening and cottage, garage and other buildings and structures, as well as this referred to natural persons who acquired the relevant land use rights the right of transfer cases , land sold by land purchase contracts and subject to this law, the fee set out in article 9 and the law "On the privatization of land in rural areas" article 29 limits;
3) the entities referred to in the law "on the privatization of land in rural areas" article 28, first paragraph, 2, 3, and 4 point and land use to standing granted this law, 2 the period set in article, land sold for property compensation certificates and lats, or just about, through land purchase contract. Means of payment in proportion to be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers. Land purchase fee is determined according to the cadastral value of the land, but charge for stand-according to mežierīcīb data and in accordance with the Cabinet of Ministers established the assessment procedure stands. The land that the entities granted permanent use for agricultural purposes, the entity can redeem for refund certificates or lats at the purchaser's choice;
4) the entities referred to in the law "on the privatization of land in rural areas" in the second paragraph of article 28 and the land granted to the permanent use of this law, 2 the period set in article building and maintenance, land sold for property compensation certificates and lats, or just about, through land purchase contract for a period of one year from the entry into force of this law and pursuant to the law "On the privatization of land in rural areas" article 29 limits. Means of payment in proportion to be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers. After the period of the land corresponding to about lat. Land purchase fee is determined according to the cadastral value of the land, but charge for stand-according to mežierīcīb data and in accordance with the Cabinet of Ministers established the assessment procedure stands.
(2) the natural persons who buy on behalf of the Latvian mortgage and land bank in person in the land, the land is exempt from payment of State fees.
11. article. Payments linked to land ownership and to design a national name in the land and the land purchase contract, are kept in dollars.
12. article. Latvian mortgage and land bank, arranging land sales to article 10 of this law in such persons, the law "on local governments" in article 78, the pre-emptive rights.
13. article. Parish Land Commission ceases its activities within two months after this law, article 3, paragraph 2 and 3 of this work. Parish land commissions in this period to transfer the Land Commission reports and with land reform related documentation national land service the district chapter. Documentation must be arranged in accordance with the legislation on archives.
14. article. After the County Land Commission of the termination of the law "On the ground" in article 2, the Commission and the law "on the privatization of land in rural areas" defined functions taken over by the State land service of the district.
15. article. After the County Commission, winding up the land to land reform to complete the land dispute to be considered in the following order: 1) with land use and property-related disputes the national land service the district created the Commission that a decision within one month of its notification can appeal to the Central Land Commission or Tribunal;
2) decisions related to land use and land ownership, payment for the land, for the land grant of the refund, provided for the amount of the refund, the refund certificate of land ownership, as well as the burden of land property rights, within a month of their notification can appeal to the Central Land Commission or court.
16. article. If there is an overdue expiration had to submit documents proving land ownership or inheritance rights, land ownership rights can be restored the Central Land Commission. Central Land Commission decisions in the procedure prescribed by law may be appealed against in court.
Transitional provisions with the entry into force of this Act shall terminate the constitutional order of article 81 of Cabinet of Ministers issued regulation. 271 "provisions on procedures for the completion of the land reform in rural areas" (Latvian Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1997, nr. 18).
The law adopted by the Parliament in 1997, October 30.
The President g. Ulmanis in Riga in 1997, 13 November