The State Duma adopted in the third and final reading the law on "garage amnesty" concerning garages erected as capital construction facilities before December 30, 2004 (that is, before the City Planning Code came into force).
Alfiya Kogogina, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, Industry, Innovative Development and Entrepreneurship, commented on the novel: "There are many officially unregistered garages all over the country today, which their owners cannot dispose of at their discretion. The law will allow citizens to take ownership of state and municipal land plots where their garages are located free of charge, with one application with a supporting document, without red tape."
A special, simplified procedure for registration of land plots will apply to such facilities, but on condition that the plot was provided to the citizen by an organization or authority or was given to the citizen on the basis of a decision of the general meeting of members of the garage cooperative.
"When registering ownership of a garage and a plot of land, citizens will not have to pay a state fee, since an application for cadastral registration and registration will be submitted by a state authority or a local government body," Alfiya Kogogina added.
"It is important that the heirs and those who bought the garage from the original owner will be able to use the "garage amnesty". The adoption of these amendments will affect more than 3.5 million people," the parliamentarian noted.
By the second reading, an amendment was approved extending the "amnesty" to land plots under "welded" metal (non-capital) garages if the land under them was allocated to a garage or garage-building cooperative. At the same time, the "shells" do not fall under the law.
The document will enter into force on September 1, 2021, so that regions and municipalities can prepare, and will be valid until September 1, 2026.