Problems of Classification of Non-Residential Premises

The need to classify non-residential premises is due to the need to develop effective legal regulation of property relations, the object of which they are. The Civil Code of the Russian Federation links the specifics of the exercise of rights to non-residential premises with their intended purpose. In this connection, the need to identify possible grounds for classifying types of non-residential premises in order to develop appropriate legal regimes is justified. The bases and types of classifications of non-residential premises existing in the Russian doctrine are analyzed, and the author’s approach to such differentiation is proposed. It was revealed that the types of non-residential premises that combine the features of both residential and non-residential premises and require the development of a special legal regime do not fit into the legal binary classification of premises.