The Slovak Parliament approved an amendment to Act No. 504/2003 Coll., on Agricultural Land Lease, Agricultural Holdings and Forest Land, as amended.

Greenfield developments often use reclassified agricultural land.

On 1 May 2014, the period during which Slovakia was granted an exception for keeping in place legal limitations on the acquisition of agricultural land expired.

Certain aspects of a 2007 law to accelerate a high-priority road-building programme have been declared unconstitutional.

The amendment of the Land Registry Act that came into effect on 1 September 2009 ended the lengthy discussions about the need for authorisation of real estate transfer agreements by a lawyer or notary public.