This indicator describes the extent to which laws, regulations, and guidelines clarify property rights and land tenure arrangements on rangelands. It also evaluates how these laws recognize customary and traditional rights of indigenous people on rangelands, and whether these laws provide means of resolving property disputes by due process. The “police power” of the government to regulate private property is exercised in a manner consistent with the Constitution and applicable laws. Environmental and zoning regulations are two examples of police powers that limit the rights of landowners. Property owners also are not able to utilize property in a manner that endangers or damages the lives or property of others. As society’s values and norms slowly change over time, the balance of government power and private property rights is repeatedly subject to changing legal interpretation.