Land relations are legal relations regarding the ownership, use and disposal of land, the subjects of which are citizens, legal entities, local governments and public authorities, and objects are land within the territory of Ukraine, land plots and rights to them, including land shares ( shares). Land legal relations are regulated by the Land Code of Ukraine, the Constitution of Ukraine and the regulatory legal acts adopted in accordance with them.
Land disputes arise as a result of violation of ownership and the right to use a land plot, allotment or seizure of land, arising between land owners and land users, other persons, local government bodies and the central executive body implementing state policy in the field of land relations.
In the pre-trial procedure, land disputes are resolved by local governments and the central executive body that implements state policy in the field of land relations. Local authorities resolve land disputes within settlements regarding the boundaries of land plots owned and used by citizens, and citizens’ observance of the rules of good neighborliness, as well as disputes over the delimitation of district boundaries in cities. The central executive body that implements state policy in the field of land relations resolves land disputes regarding the boundaries of land plots outside of settlements, the location of restrictions on the use of land and land easements.
In case of disagreement between land owners or land users with the decision of local self-government bodies, the central executive body implementing state policy in the field of land relations, the dispute is resolved by the court.
The court exclusively resolves land disputes regarding the ownership, use and disposal of land plots owned by citizens and legal entities, as well as disputes over the delimitation of the territories of villages, townships, cities, districts and regions.
The owner of a land plot or land user may demand the elimination of any violations of his rights to land, even if these violations are not related to deprivation of the right to own the land plot, and compensation for damages.
The following land disputes are considered in court: on the recognition of ownership of a land plot, restoration of the state of the land plot that existed before the violation of rights, and prevention of actions that violate rights or create a risk of violation of rights, recognition of transactions regarding the land plot as invalid, invalidation of decisions executive authorities or local self-government bodies, compensation for damages caused, determining the procedure for using a land plot, reclaiming a land plot from someone else’s illegal possession, removing obstacles to the use of a land plot, and others.
Land disputes are considered in the civil procedure by local courts of general jurisdiction.