Land & Conflicts

La presente Ley de Comunidades Nativas y de Promoción Agropecuaria de Regiones de Selva y Ceja de Selva, tiene como finalidad establecer una estructura agraria mediante proyectos de asentamiento rural, que contribuyan al desarrollo integral de las regiones de Selva y Ceja de Selva, a fin de que su población alcance niveles de vida compatibles con la dignidad de la persona humana.

This Decree Law is composed of 12 articles. Article 1 gives terms and definitions.

The principal Act is further amended by deleting section 4 and substituting the following new-section therefor: A decision of the Referee shall be final: provided that any person aggrieved by the decision as being erroneous in point of law may appeal to the Supreme Court within 30 days of the notification by the Referee of his decision to him.

A Land Referee shall be appointed by the President on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission.

This Act provides rules relative to tenancy agreements concerning agricultural holdings, i.e. the aggregate of the land comprised in a contract for an agricultural tenancy.

Under this law a person occupying or entitled to occupy agricultural land , under a lease agreement or by authority shall not make non-conforming use of that land save under a written permit from the Minister of Agriculture (sect. 2).

La presente Ley de Adquisiciones, Expropiaciones y Constitución de Servidumbres del Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, declara de utilidad pública los bienes inmuebles, sean fincas completas, porciones, derechos o intereses patrimoniales legítimos, que por su ubicación sean necesarios, a juicio del Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), para el cumplimiento de sus fines, que podrá

This Act makes provision for the registration and the licensing of land surveyors and the control of their practice and establishes for these purposes the Land Surveyor’s Board and the Bahamas Association of Land Surveyors and creates the office of the Surveyor-General.The Surveyor-General shall direct and control all surveys carried out for public purposes and carry out control on all other la

This Law consists of 7 Chapters divided into 56 articles providing for land registration and survey. Chapter I deals with the judge and assistants entrusted to write, record and delimit lands. Chapter II provides for recording operations and temporary definition of lands. Chapter III concerns with authorizations and objections.

La presente Ley de tierras baldías y ejidos establece que son baldíos todos los terrenos que no sean ejidos ni propiedad particular ni pertenezcan legítimamente a corporaciones o personas jurídicas, considerando también como baldíos, y la Nación entra desde luego a poseerlos, los terrenos ejidos que han quedado abandonados por la extinción, comprobada oficialmente, del dominio que en ellos ejer

This Act makes provision for compulsory purchase of private land by " promoters of the undertaking”, which shall mean the parties, whether company, undertakers, commissioners, trustees, corporations, or private persons, by a special Act empowered to execute an undertaking prescribed by such Act.

This Act governs the alienation, development, classification and leasing of Crown lands and is divided into 13 Parts and 2 Schedules as follows: General administration (I); Surveys (II); Purchase and development of land (III); Classification and alienation of Crown land (IV); Leases and licences (V); Advances to Crown tenants (VI); Acquisition of fee simple and modification of existing leases a