Abstract: The relevance of the article is due to the fact that it is devoted to a little-studied topic in the science of administrative law. Meanwhile, offenses in the field of land reclamation, considered in science as land offenses and offenses with "environmental characteristics", may pose a certain threat to ensuring food and environmental security in Russia, since they contradict the goal of ensuring rational use of land, primarily agricultural land. Effective detection and prevention of these offenses should contribute to increasing the responsibility of various entities engaged in activities in the field of land reclamation, which should contribute to the goals of ensuring environmental protection in the process of reclamation activities. The subject of the study is the norms of Articles 10.9 and 10.10 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation, the practice of their application by the courts, as well as legal literature on this topic. The purpose of the article is to discuss controversial issues in the doctrine of administrative law in relation to the relations under consideration, to characterize the composition of these offenses, to identify gaps and contradictions in judicial practice. The methodological basis of the research consists of general scientific methods of cognition (analysis, synthesis, etc.), and special methods (formal legal, comparative legal, etc.). It is noted that in the course of practical implementation of the norms of administrative responsibility for offenses in the field of land reclamation, there are shortcomings in the formulation of offenses. In particular, the low amounts of administrative fines provided for by the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation do not contribute to the prevention of the commission of these offenses. The Rosselkhoznadzor territorial authorities also do not always properly perform their duties in this area. The scientific novelty of the work consists in the conclusions formulated about an urgent need to eliminate shortcomings both in the formulation of the elements of offenses in the specified articles of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation, including in the aspect of increasing the amount of fines for the relevant acts, and in the practice of applying the articles under consideration. Attention is also drawn to the need to improve the activities of the Rosselkhoznadzor territorial authorities.