442.566. Definitions.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

Definitions.

442.566. As used in sections 442.560 to 442.591, unless the contextclearly requires otherwise, the following terms mean:

(1) "Agricultural land", any tract of land in this state consisting ofmore than five acres, whether inside or outside the corporate limits of anymunicipality, which is capable, without substantial modification to thecharacter of the land, of supporting an agricultural enterprise, including butnot limited to land used for the production of agricultural crops or fruit orother horticultural products, or for the raising or feeding of animals for theproduction of livestock or livestock products, poultry or poultry products, ormilk or dairy products. Adjacent parcels of land under the same ownershipshall be deemed to be a single tract;

(2) "Alien", any person who is not a citizen of the United States andwho is not a resident of the United States or of some state, territory,trusteeship, or protectorate of the United States;

(3) "Director", the director of the Missouri department of agriculture;

(4) "Family members" includes all persons within the ninth degree ofconsanguinity, or the living or surviving spouse of any person within theninth degree of consanguinity;

(5) "Foreign business", any business entity whether or not incorporated,including but not limited to corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships,and associations, in which a controlling interest is owned by aliens. Indetermining ownership of a foreign business, legal fictions such as corporateform or trust shall be disregarded;

(6) "Residence", the place of general abode; the place of general abodeof a person means his principal, actual dwelling place in fact, where heintends to remain permanently or for an indefinite period of time at least.