Proposal aims to simplify validation and expand legal certainty in rural areas
The ratification of the sale or concession, by the States, of Union lands in the border strip was approved on Tuesday (October 14, 2025) by the Foreign Relations and National Defense Commission (CRE).
Approved in the form of a substitute for the senator (PP-MS), it is sent to the Agriculture Commission (CRA) for analysis. According to the rapporteur, the text simplifies the procedures for validating real estate records and “increases legal security for those who occupy and produce in these regions“.
“The project brings stability to producers and security for the State itself, by establishing clear criteria and defined deadlines for the regularization of these areas“, stated Tereza Cristina.
The text, by deputy Tião Medeiros (PP-PR), amends the aea, which deals with land regularization in the border strip. According to the rapporteur, the new model corrects old defects in the origin of the records – caused by alienations made by the States on unoccupied Union lands or without the approval of the National Security Council – and replaces “bureaucratic requirements” by a simpler procedure.
Automatic ratification
According to the approved substitute, registrations of rural properties in the border strip registered before October 23, 2015 will be automatically ratified, as long as the interested party presents the CCIR (Certificate of Rural Property Registration) as proof of compliance with the property’s social function. The document eliminates the need to present other proof and simplifies the work of notary offices.
For properties with an area greater than 2,500 hectares, validation will depend on approval by the National Congress, which will have up to two years to express its opinion. If there is no decision within this period, the registration will be considered automatically approved.
The text also establishes that the request for ratification can be made within 15 years after the law comes into force. After approval, Incra (National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform) will be notified to verify compliance with the social function.
If non-compliance is found, the property may be expropriated without compensation, as the owner would not have the right to regularization.
Georeferencing
The project also changes deadlines and criteria for georeferencing (identification of property coordinates and limits), which will become mandatory in any transfer of rural property from December 31, 2028.
For areas of up to four fiscal modules – unit of measurement, in hectares, whose value is fixed by Incra for each municipality –, the period will only start four years after the publication of a rule that exempts small producers from the financial costs of the process.
The rapporteur stated that the proposal combines administrative simplification and legal rigor, with the elimination of steps that, in her opinion, would not be directly related to regularization.
“The text replaces unnecessary requirements with a clearer and more viable system, which recognizes the good faith of owners and allows the State to act when the social function is not fulfilled”, declared federal deputy Tereza Cristina.
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