Annotation

The article offers the author's interpretation of certain elements of theft in relation to crimes committed against land plots. The discussion regarding the subject of theft is revealed, under which it is proposed to understand someone else's property representing a complex of property rights to land plots, both related and not related to the right of ownership. The actual seizure of a land plot must be qualified as a form of unfinished criminal activity, provided that the intent of the perpetrator was aimed at the subsequent transfer of rights to the land plot in his favor or to third parties. Unlawful actions with state lands aimed at reducing the volume of lands and forming new land plots for the purpose of their subsequent seizure, and not completed due to circumstances beyond the person's control, should be correctly qualified as attempted theft. Gratuitousness as a sign of theft implies a complete absence of consideration, as well as knowingly unequal consideration provided to the victim.