The necessary approval for the alienation of agricultural land located outside the built-up area can be requested by any person who owns agricultural land in the extravilan, for the purpose of selling it.

For the application of the provisions of this procedure, the town halls have the following attributions (according to Order No. 719/740/M.57/2333 of May 12, 2014 regarding the approval of methodological norms for the application of Title I of Law no. 17/2014 regarding certain regulatory measures of the sale-purchase of agricultural lands located outside the built-up area and for the amendment of Law no. 268/2001 regarding the privatization of commercial companies administering public and private state-owned land with agricultural destination and the establishment of the Agency of State Domains):

a) register the seller's request, accompanied by the offer to sell the agricultural land and the supporting documents provided for in art. 5 para. (1);

b) display the offer for sale at the town hall headquarters and on its website, as the case may be, in compliance with art. 6 para. (2) of the law and with the legal provisions on personal data protection;

c) notify the pre-emptors, within the term provided by art. 6 para. (6) of the law, by sending the notification regarding the registration of the offer for sale to their domicile, residence, or headquarters, as the case may be; the notification is sent by post and/or by electronic mail, with receipt confirmation;

d) display the notification of the pre-emptors at the town hall headquarters or on the town hall's website, in compliance with the legal provisions regarding the protection of personal data, if the holders of the pre-emptive right from the list of pre-emptors cannot be contacted;

e) notify the local public authority neighboring the land area that is the subject of the intention to sell, if this area is at the boundary of two administrative territories, for the purpose of notifying the holders of the pre-emptive right, under the conditions provided in points c) and d);

f) send to the central structure for land areas over 30 ha, or to the territorial structures for land areas up to and including 30 ha, as well as to the S.D.A., within the term provided by art. 6 para. (5) of the law, the file regarding the request and offer for the sale of the agricultural land, together with the supporting documents, as the case may be, accompanied by the list of pre-emptors, the documents issued in the exercise of the attributions provided in points c)-e), as well as the minutes of displaying the offer, having the model provided in annex no. 1I;