Article 21. The procedure for filing and considering an application for the privatization of land plots

An application for the privatization of land plots (hereinafter referred to as the application) is submitted:

by a legal entity of the Republic of Uzbekistan — in respect of land plots granted to it for the implementation of entrepreneurial, urban planning, and other activities not prohibited by legislation and belonging to it on the basis of the right of permanent use (possession) or lease;

a citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan – in relation to land plots provided to him for individual housing construction and maintenance of a residential building, as well as for the implementation of entrepreneurial and urban planning activities and which he has on the right of lifetime inheritable possession, permanent use or lease.

Upon transfer to legal entities and individuals of the Republic of Uzbekistan, respectively, the right to permanent use (possession), lifetime inheritable possession or lease of a land plot, the right to privatize this land plot also passes to them.

If the land plot is jointly owned or used by several subjects of privatization, the application is submitted by agreement of all subjects, concluded in accordance with civil law, if such consent is not reached, in the manner established by the court.

The application is submitted through the centers of public services or the Unified portal of interactive public services of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The list of documents attached to the application is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The application is the basis for considering the issue of privatization of the land plot.

Consideration of the application is carried out using an automated information system in accordance with the Administrative Regulations for the provision of public services for the privatization of land plots.

The result of consideration of the application is a notification, which may contain a positive or negative decision.

A notice with a positive decision is the basis for the applicant to pay the redemption value of the privatized land plot.

The notice with a negative decision indicates the justified reasons for the impossibility of privatizing the land plot with reference to the specific requirements of urban planning documents or legislative norms.