Communal lands under the RIC law and how to check them

The RIC Law (Decree 41-2005, art. 23 letter y, checked in the RIC's PDF on 2026-08-22) defines communal lands as those owned, possessed or held by Indigenous or peasant communities as collective entities, including those recorded in the name of the state or the municipalities but traditionally held under a communal regime. Art. 65 requires the RIC to declare them administratively and, where appropriate, to order their registration, under its Specific Regulation on Communal Lands. For the buyer, verification means confirming at the RIC that the plot falls neither within a communal declaration nor within a recognition process.

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