{"id":6142,"date":"2026-11-04T23:23:16","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T21:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/2026\/11\/04\/nearly-70-hectares-of-land-and-hundreds-of-thousands-in-debt-property-of-the-syurtivska-community-is-being-recovered-through-the-courts-in-the-uzhhorod-district\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T20:04:51","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T18:04:51","slug":"nearly-70-hectares-of-land-and-hundreds-of-thousands-in-debt-property-of-the-syurtivska-community-is-being-recovered-through-the-courts-in-the-uzhhorod-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/2026\/11\/04\/nearly-70-hectares-of-land-and-hundreds-of-thousands-in-debt-property-of-the-syurtivska-community-is-being-recovered-through-the-courts-in-the-uzhhorod-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 70 hectares of land and hundreds of thousands in debt: Property of the Syurtivska community is being returned through the courts in the Uzhhorod district"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The company leased the land for 40 years, failed to pay a single kopeck to the budget for three years, and unlawfully subleased three plots. The prosecutor\u2019s office filed a lawsuit with the Commercial Court.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Uzhhorod District Prosecutor\u2019s Office is taking representative legal action to protect the property rights of the local community. A complaint has been filed with the Commercial Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/zakarpattia-news\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/news-of-transcarpathia\/\">of Zakarpattia Oblast<\/a> on behalf of the Syurtiv Village Council seeking the compulsory return of four large agricultural land plots with a total area of nearly 70 hectares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Transcarpathian Regional Prosecutor\u2019s Office, the private company acting as the lessee cynically ignored its contractual obligations and caused significant losses to the local budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Timeline of the deal: 40 years of rent-free use<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In December 2023, the Syurtiv Village Council entered into long-term lease agreements with a commercial enterprise for a term of 40 years. The land, covering an area of approximately 70 hectares, was allocated for commercial agricultural production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, as prosecutors discovered during their investigation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Zero payments:<\/strong> From the moment the documents were signed and the lease rights were registered with the state, the company failed to pay a single rent payment to the community treasury for three years;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Subleasing:<\/strong> Despite failing to pay the community, the unscrupulous lessee managed to sublease three of the four land plots to third parties;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Amount of losses:<\/strong> As of today, the accumulated debt for land use has already exceeded <strong>326,000 hryvnias<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What the Prosecutor\u2019s Office Is Seeking in Its Lawsuit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To protect the interests of the residents of the Syurtivska territorial community, the prosecutor\u2019s office filed a comprehensive lawsuit with the Commercial Court of Zakarpattia Oblast, seeking:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Recover the debt:<\/strong> Compulsorily collect more than 326,000 hryvnias in rent arrears from the company.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Terminate the contracts:<\/strong> to terminate the existing long-term land lease agreements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cancel registration:<\/strong> terminate the state registration of property rights to all four land plots.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Return the land to the community:<\/strong> to compel the company to vacate the 70-hectare plots and return them to the direct control of the village council.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, the Commercial Court of Zakarpattia Oblast has opened proceedings in the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/zak.gp.gov.ua\/ua\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/zak.gp.gov.ua\/ua\/index.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Transcarpathian Regional Prosecutor\u2019s Office <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company leased the land for 40 years, failed to pay a single kopeck to the budget for three years, and unlawfully subleased three plots. The prosecutor\u2019s office filed a lawsuit with the Commercial Court. The Uzhhorod District Prosecutor\u2019s Office is taking representative legal action to protect the property rights of the local community. 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