10-06.1-09. Certain nonprofit organizations or trusts may own or lease land - Certain nonprofit organizations may continue farming or ranching - Restriction on acquisition and ownership of land

10-06.1-09. Certain nonprofit organizations or trusts may own or lease land - Certain nonprofit organizations may continue farming or ranching - Restriction on acquisition and ownership of land. 1. A nonprofit organization or a trust for the benefit of an individual or a class of individuals related within the degrees of kinship specified in subsection 2 of section 10-06.1-12 may own or lease farmland or ranchland if that land is leased to a person who farms or ranches the land as a sole proprietorship or partnership, or a farming or ranching corporation or a farming or ranching limited liability company. 2. To the extent farming or ranching is essential to a nonprofit organization's charitable purposes, a nonprofit organization actively engaged in the business of farming or ranching in this state on January 1, 1983, may continue to engage in the business of farming or ranching without interruption after January 1, 1983. 3. A nonprofit organization that owned farmland or ranchland for the preservation of unique historical, archaeological, or environmental land before January 1, 1983, may continue ownership of that land without interruption after January 1, 1983. An organization that is holding land for scenic preservation shall either prohibit all hunting, or if any parcel of the land is open to hunting, it must be open to hunting by the general public.