The committee is headed by its chairman and deputy chairman. Main functions of the committee include implementation of land cadastre, land monitoring, topography, mapping, land reform, restoration and increase of land productivity, carrying out delimitation and demarcation of state frontiers of the Republic of Azerbaijan, frontier waters and sector of Caspian Sea (lake) belonging to the Republic of Azerbaijan; creating a land information bank, control over observance of legislation on land, geodesy and cartography; making proposals to the Cabinet of the Republic of Azerbaijan; taking actions to forecast geodynamic (quake, slip etc.) and other emergencies, informing other executive power bodies and the Cabinet of the Republic of Azerbaijan on this.
State Land Structure Project Institute, State Land Cadastre and Monitoring Science Production Center, State Aerogeodesy Institution, Baku Mapping Factory are all state institutions subordinate to the committee.[2]
The committee cooperates with respective state bodies of Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Dagestan, Tajikistan etc.[1]