The previously registered ownership right of the Russian Federation on land within the boundaries of Objects of Particularly Protected Natural Territories remains in effect after the adoption of Federal Law No. 505-FZ
Law dated December 30, 2020, No. 505-FZ does not contain grounds for terminating previously registered rights of the Russian Federation on land plot within the boundaries of a populated area included in the composition of a specially protected natural territory.
The administration of the municipal district filed a lawsuit with the court against the territorial office of Rosimущество requesting the acknowledgment of the absence of ownership rights of the Russian Federation over a land plot within the boundaries of a populated area included in the composition of a protected natural territory (OOPT).
The disputed land plot has the category "lands of populated areas," and the permitted use type is "for placing an automobile parking lot".
In support of the claims made administration stated that after adoption of the Law dated December 30, 2020, No. 505-FZ article 3.1 of the Law on Protected Natural Areas (OOPТ) was supplemented with paragraph 2, according to which land plots located within the boundaries of a populated area as part of OOPTs of federal importance not directly assigned by law to federal, regional or municipal ownership are land plots, [state
property](/enc/26609/ "Definition of the term 'State property' in the legal encyclopedia") which are not demarcated.
Court dismissed the claim, stating the following.
According to paragraph 2 of Appendix 1 to the decree of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation dated December 27, 1991, No. 3020-I "On the Separation of State Property in the Russian Federation into Federal Property, State Property of Republics within the Russian Federation, Territories, Regions, Autonomous Region, Autonomous Okrugs, Cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and Municipal Property" protected or specially used natural objects (nature reserves, including biosphere ones, national natural parks, resorts, as well as sanctuaries, having
Objects of republican-wide significance relate exclusively to federal property.
As follows from the case materials, the right of ownership over the disputed land plot was registered with the Russian Federation prior to the entry into force of Law No. 505-FZ of December 30, 2020.
Law No. 505-FZ of December 30, 2020 does not contain grounds for termination of previously registered right of ownership of the Russian Federation over the land plot.
Claim by the plaintiff is aimed at granting the disputed object the status of a land plot, state ownership over which has not been demarcated, with the purpose of conferring upon the local self-government body the right to manage this plot, while the claim for recognizing the right of municipal ownership over the land plot has not been raised.
Authority by land plot disposition, state ownership on which demarcation has not been carried out, is not a real right, presence of which provides grounds for challenging an already registered right of ownership. The consequence of recognizing the respondent's registered right as absent should be restoration of the real right to this plot by [person](/enc/31941/ "Definition of the term 'Person' in the legal
"(encyclopedias), who submitted such a request."
In light of the foregoing, the courts concluded that there are no grounds for satisfying the claims regarding the recognition of property ownership in this case.Source: Thematic Review of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation No. 11/2026. On the consideration by courts of cases related to rights to land plots of certain categories of land withdrawn from circulation and restricted in circulation, and the use of such plots