FEATURES OF LAND LEGAL ENTITY OF CITIZENS OF UKRAINE, FOREIGNERS AND STATELESS PERSONS

The article is devoted to the legal status of natural persons in land law. The purpose of the study is to study the land legal personality of citizens of Ukraine, foreigners and stateless persons, and to determine its features. The concept of "legal entity" and its structure in the theory of law are revealed. The concept of land legal personality has been formed, which should be understood as the legally guaranteed opportunities to have land rights and obligations, acquire them, use them and fulfill them. Features of land legal personality that distinguish it from civil legal personality are highlighted. The components of legal personality are legal capacity and legal capacity. It was determined that land legal capacity is the ability to have rights and obligations regarding land, land legal capacity is the ability of a natural person to acquire land rights for himself by his actions and exercise them independently, as well as the ability to create land obligations for himself by his actions and fulfill them independently and bear responsibility in case of their non-fulfilment. The positions of scientists regarding the definition of land legal personality of natural persons, in particular, regarding the separation of land procedural legal personality have been studied. Based on the analysis of the legislation of Ukraine, it has been proven that the land legal personality of citizens of Ukraine, foreigners and stateless persons differs in its scope. Citizens of Ukraine have the largest range of rights and responsibilities regarding land. In particular, the right to acquire a land plot, including from agricultural land, which is given priority in the state. At the same time, there are certain restrictions on the composition and amount of land that can be owned by citizens of Ukraine, as stated in the article. Peculiarities of land legal personality of foreign citizens and stateless persons are considered. Restrictions on acquiring ownership of agricultural lands are specified.