Decree No. 895, Special Law on the expropriation and disposition of rural lands exceeding 245 hectares, 18 February 1988.
This Law contains rules on the expropriation of land that was not broken into parcels as mandated by Article 105 of the Constitution of El Salvador.  Such land is to be taken over by the Government unless it is the land of farming cooperatives or communities.  Under the Law, a legal presumption exists that the owner of such land is responsible for the fact that it has not been broken up.  The Salvadoran Institute of Agrarian Transformation (ISTA) is charged with taking possession and disposing of expropriated land.  It is to determine indemnification for the land and to pay indemnification by means of agrarian reform bonds, which can be used by the holder for financing various agricultural projects.  It is to transfer the land to farmers, farming communities, and farming cooperatives, with preference given to those already exploiting the land; no individual is to receive more than seven hectares.  ISTA is also to set the terms by which those given land are to pay for it, and, in no case, is it to receive less than it gave to those from whom it expropriated the land.
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