Farmland Act

Article 6 (Restrictions on Farmland Ownership) ① No person shall own farmland unless they use or intend to use it for their own agricultural management.
② Notwithstanding Paragraph ①, farmland may be owned in any of the following cases. However, owned farmland must be used for agricultural management (excluding items 2 and 3).<Amended Feb. 29, 2008, Dec. 29, 2008, May 27, 2009, Jun. 9, 2009, Jan. 17, 2012, Dec. 18, 2012, Mar. 23, 2013, May 29, 2016, Oct. 31, 2017, Feb. 11, 2020, Apr. 13, 2021, Aug. 17, 2021, Jun. 16, 2026.>
1. Where the State or a local government owns farmland
2. Where schools under the 「Elementary and Secondary Education Act」 and 「Higher Education Act」, public organizations, agricultural research institutes, agricultural producer groups prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, or seed or other agricultural material producers acquire and own farmland in accordance with the Ordinance of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs to use as test sites, research sites, practice sites, seed production sites, or pollen production sites for artificial pollination of fruit trees to perform their purpose-driven projects
3. Where farmland outside the agricultural promotion areas under Article 28 is owned for the purpose of weekend or experiential farming
4. Where farmland is acquired and owned through inheritance [including testamentary gifts to an heir; the same shall apply hereafter]
5. Where a person who has engaged in agricultural management for a period prescribed by Presidential Decree continues to own the farmland they owned at the time of leaving farming after leaving the farming industry
6. Where collateral farmland is acquired and owned pursuant to Article 13, Paragraph ① (including cases where a securitization specialized company, etc., under Article 3 of the 「Asset Securitization Act」, acquires farmland from a mortgagee prescribed in Article 13, Paragraph ①, items 1 through 4)
7. Where a person who has obtained permission for farmland conversion under Article 34, Paragraph ① [including authorization, permission, approval, etc., where farmland conversion permission is deemed to have been obtained under other laws] or has filed a report for farmland conversion under Article 35 or Article 43 owns such farmland
8. Where farmland that has completed consultation for farmland conversion under Article 34, Paragraph ② is owned
9. Where farmland is acquired and owned within a farmland development project district under Article 24, Paragraph ② of the 「Korea Rural Community Corporation and Farmland Management Fund Act」 that is less than 1,500 square meters as prescribed by Presidential Decree, or farmland under Article 98, Paragraph ③ of the 「Rural Community Restructuring Act」
9-2. Where farmland outside the agricultural promotion areas under Article 28 is owned, which has an average slope rate of 15 percent or more from the top to the bottom and is farmland prescribed by Presidential Decree
10. In any of the following cases:
A. Where the Korea Rural Community Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "Korea Rural Community Corporation") under the 「Korea Rural Community Corporation and Farmland Management Fund Act」 acquires and owns farmland in accordance with the same Act
B. Where farmland is acquired and owned pursuant to Article 16, 25, 43, 82, or 100 of the 「Rural Community Restructuring Act」
C. Where reclaimed farmland is acquired and owned pursuant to the 「Public Waters Management and Reclamation Act」
D. Where farmland is acquired and owned through land expropriation
E. Where farmland is acquired and owned in accordance with the 「Act on Acquisition of and Compensation for Land, etc. for Public Works Projects」 after completing consultation with the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
F. Where the Korea Land and Housing Corporation acquires and owns farmland within a Planned Management Area or a Natural Green Area under Article 36 of the 「National Land Planning and Utilization Act」 among lands that the Public Land Stockpile Deliberation Committee under Article 7, Paragraph ① of the same Act recognizes as necessary for stockpiling, among the lands falling under Article 2, Item 1(a) of the 「Act on the Stockpiling of Public Land」. In this case, until the acquired farmland is converted, it shall be promptly entrusted to the Korea Rural Community Corporation to be leased or used free of charge.
③ In cases where farmland is leased or used free of charge pursuant to Article 23, Paragraph ①, items 1 through 7, the farmland may be continuously owned during the period of lease or free use, notwithstanding Paragraph ① or ②.<Amended Feb. 11, 2020, Apr. 13, 2021, Jun. 16, 2026.>
④ No special provisions regarding farmland ownership may be established except for cases permitted under this Act.
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