Abstract
The subject of the research in the article is the norms of legislation on the subsoil of some CIS countries with the most similar approaches to the legal regulation of public relations; and doctrinal sources devoted to geological information. The purpose of the scientific work is to substantiate the thesis on the status of geological information about the subsurface as a special object of civil rights and to identify the features of the institution under study that confirm the stated thesis. In this regard, the methodology of scientific research includes a set of general scientific (systemic, structural-functional, historical, analysis and synthesis), specific scientific (comparative-legal) and special (formal-legal, interpretation of legal norms) methods. The results of the work are based on the purpose of the scientific research and represent the provisions substantiated by the author on the features of the object under consideration, inherent only to this category of civil rights objects. Many of the provisions considered in the article were not the subject of research in the doctrine of the CIS countries and Kazakhstan in particular. The obtained results of the scientific study on the gaps in the legal definition of geological information, the identified features and justifications for its inextricable connection with the property rights of the state enrich the existing achievements of the science of civil law and related industries; can serve as a basis for improving the legislation of the CIS countries on the issues considered; create a basis for further scientific research. Conclusions: geological information is an ordered system of information resources on strategic objects of particular importance for ensuring national, including economic security, stored in state databases and provided with state control. Of particular importance in civil circulation is documented geological information, the features of which are not sufficiently developed in the legal doctrine.