---
title: "Property Purchase for Foreigners"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/real-estate-law-en/buying-property-georgia-foreigners"
field: "Real Estate Law"
description: "Acquisition of real estate by aliens: agricultural land restrictions, the inheritance exception, investment plans. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-11-04"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Property Purchase for Foreigners

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/real-estate-law-en/buying-property-georgia-foreigners

The acquisition of immovable property by aliens in Georgia divides into two different regimes: non-agricultural property is acquired under the general rule, while on agricultural land the law establishes a system of strict restrictions. On this page we explain the frame of the Organic Law of Georgia on Ownership of Agricultural Land — who may own agricultural land, under which exceptions, and with what transitional rules — and show what this means for a practical transaction.

## The Scope and Grounds of the Law

The organic law applies to agricultural land existing on the territory of Georgia and regulates relations connected with the ownership of a plot of such land. The legal grounds of ownership are listed in the law itself: the Constitution of Georgia, international treaties, this law and other legal acts of Georgia. This definition matters so that the preparation of a transaction works within the correct normative frame — every transaction in agricultural land passes through the filter of this law; the designation of a plot is determined from an extract, and it is there that the question arises which regime applies to your case.

## Who May Own Agricultural Land

The law writes the circle of owners clearly: agricultural land may be owned by the state, the autonomous republic, the municipality; in a defined case — by a legal entity of public law; by a citizen of Georgia; and by a private-law legal entity registered in Georgia whose dominant partner is among the listed subjects. The law also permits an organized formation that is not a legal entity to own agricultural land — if such subjects constitute the majority of its members and simultaneously have the practical possibility of decisive influence over decisions connected with that land. For the alien the law leaves a single path: agricultural land may be in the alien's ownership if the alien received it by inheritance. A legal entity registered in Georgia whose dominant partner is an alien and/or a legal entity registered abroad — or whose dominant partner cannot be determined — acquires agricultural land only on the basis of an investment plan, by decision of the Government of Georgia.

## The Chain of Dominant Partners

The law also regulates the chain of partners: the ownership of a legal entity registered in Georgia over an agricultural plot is determined according to the dominant partner of the partner legal entity — and this rule extends to every subsequent partner legal entity. Concealing foreign control at some step of the chain therefore yields nothing: the identity of the final dominant partner decides whether the restriction applies to the entity. The statutory exception operates for financial institutions and international financial institutions — within their permitted activity, including the case of acquisition of the collateral by the creditor.

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### May an alien buy land?

Non-agricultural — yes; agricultural — only by inheritance; a foreign-dominant entity — by investment plan.

### The dominant-partner rule?

The final dominant partner in the chain decides the application of the restriction.

### A non-incorporated formation?

May own land if permitted subjects are the majority of its members.

### Buying an apartment?

Not subject to the restrictions — under the general rule.

### Old rights?

Pre-law documents protect; no new obligations arise.