Leistungen A-Z

Written form required: no, changes can also be communicated verbally
Personal appearance: no

As the lessor of agricultural land, you must notify the competent authority of the conclusion of a land lease agreement. As a tenant, you can also notify the competent authority.

If the competent authority finds the following conditions during the inspection, it can object to and cancel the land lease agreement:
- the land lease agreement concluded leads to an unhealthy distribution of land, in particular an accumulation of land,
- this results in uneconomic fragmentation or
- the lease price is unreasonably high.

• You must have concluded a land lease agreement.
• The land lease agreement must not
  • no unhealthy distribution of land, in particular accumulation of land,
  • no uneconomic fragmentation or
  • cause an unreasonably high lease price.

• completed application "Notification of conclusion of land lease agreement"
• a copy of the concluded written land lease agreement or
• in the case of an orally concluded land lease agreement: the notification of content

There are no costs.

The land lease agreement concluded between the landlord and the tenant is submitted by the landlord or the tenant to the competent authority within one month.
The competent authority checks the contract for completeness with regard to the assessment in accordance with the law on the notification and objection of land lease contracts.

• Notification period: You must notify the competent authority of the land lease agreement one month after signing it.

Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Climate Protection (MLUK) of the State of Brandenburg, Department 3

• § Section 2 of the Land Lease Act (LPachtVG)
• §§ Sections 585 to 597 of the German Civil Code (BGB)

There are no indications or special features.

• Agricultural land market law in Germany, specialist article on the website of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)

Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)