IOWA STATUTES AND CODES
10B.1 - DEFINITIONS.
10B.1 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Agricultural land" means the same as defined in section
9H.1.
2. "Cooperative association" means any entity organized on a
cooperative basis, including an association of persons organized
under chapter 497, 498, or 499; an entity composed of entities
organized under those chapters; or a cooperative organized under
chapter 501 or 501A.
3. "Corporation" means a domestic or foreign corporation,
including an entity organized pursuant to chapter 490, or a nonprofit
corporation.
4. "Farming" means the same as defined in section 9H.1.
5. "Foreign business" means the same as defined in section
9I.1.
6. "Foreign government" means the same as defined in section
9I.1.
7. "Limited liability company" means a foreign or domestic
limited liability company, including a limited liability company as
defined in section 489.102 or 490A.102.
8. "Limited partnership" means a foreign or domestic limited
partnership, including a limited partnership as defined in section
488.102, and a domestic or foreign limited liability limited
partnership under chapter 488.
9. "Nonprofit corporation" means any of the following:
a. A corporation organized under the provisions of chapter
504, Code 1989, or current chapter 504.
b. A corporation which qualifies under Title 26, section 501,
of the United States Code.
10. "Nonresident alien" means the same as defined in section
9I.1.
11. "Reporting entity" means any of the following:
a. A corporation, other than a family farm corporation as
defined in section 9H.1, including an authorized farm corporation as
defined in section 9H.1 or networking farmers corporation as defined
in section 10.1, holding an interest in agricultural land in this
state.
b. A cooperative association holding an interest in
agricultural land in this state.
c. A limited partnership, other than a family farm limited
partnership as defined in section 9H.1, holding an interest in
agricultural land in this state.
d. A person acting in a fiduciary capacity or as a trustee on
behalf of a person, including a corporation, cooperative association,
limited liability company, or limited partnership, which holds in a
trust, other than through a family trust as defined in section 9H.1,
including through an authorized trust, an interest in agricultural
land in this state.
e. A limited liability company, other than a family farm
limited liability company as defined in section 9H.1, including an
authorized limited liability company as defined in section 9H.1, or a
networking farmers limited liability company or farmers cooperative
limited liability company as defined in section 10.1, holding an
interest in agricultural land in this state.
f. A foreign business holding an interest in agricultural
land in this state as provided in chapter 9I.
g. A foreign government holding an interest in agricultural
land in this state as provided in chapter 9I.
h. A nonresident alien holding an interest in agricultural
land in this state as provided in chapter 9I. Section History: Recent Form
98 Acts, ch 1110, §201, 301; 2000 Acts, ch 1024, §2; 2002 Acts, ch
1050, §2; 2003 Acts, ch 108, §6; 2004 Acts, ch 1049, §191; 2004 Acts,
ch 1175, §352, 353, 394, 400; 2005 Acts, ch 135, §101; 2008 Acts, ch
1162, §128, 155 Footnotes
For future amendment to subsection 7 effective December 31, 2010,
see 2008 Acts, ch 1162, § 154, 155