9I.10 ENFORCEMENT.
1. If the secretary of state finds that a nonresident alien,
foreign business, foreign government, or an agent, trustee, or other
fiduciary thereof, has acquired or holds title to or interest in
agricultural land in this state in violation of this chapter or has
failed to timely register as required under section 9I.7 or has
failed to timely report as required under section 9I.8, the secretary
shall report the violation to the attorney general.
2. Upon receipt of the report from the secretary of state, the
attorney general shall initiate an action in the district court of
any county in which the land is located.
3. The attorney general shall file a notice of the pendency of
the action with the recorder of deeds of each county in which any of
the land is located. If the court finds that the land in question
has been acquired or held in violation of this chapter or the
required registration has not been timely filed, it shall enter an
order so declaring and shall file a copy of the order with the
recorder of deeds of each county in which any portion of the land is
located.
9I.10 ENFORCEMENT.
1. If the secretary of state finds that a nonresident alien,
foreign business, foreign government, or an agent, trustee, or other
fiduciary thereof, has acquired or holds title to or interest in
agricultural land in this state in violation of this chapter or has
failed to timely register as required under section 9I.7 or has
failed to timely report as required under section 9I.8, the secretary
shall report the violation to the attorney general.
2. Upon receipt of the report from the secretary of state, the
attorney general shall initiate an action in the district court of
any county in which the land is located.
3. The attorney general shall file a notice of the pendency of
the action with the recorder of deeds of each county in which any of
the land is located. If the court finds that the land in question
has been acquired or held in violation of this chapter or the
required registration has not been timely filed, it shall enter an
order so declaring and shall file a copy of the order with the
recorder of deeds of each county in which any portion of the land is
located.
9I.10 ENFORCEMENT.
1. If the secretary of state finds that a nonresident alien,
foreign business, foreign government, or an agent, trustee, or other
fiduciary thereof, has acquired or holds title to or interest in
agricultural land in this state in violation of this chapter or has
failed to timely register as required under section 9I.7 or has
failed to timely report as required under section 9I.8, the secretary
shall report the violation to the attorney general.
2. Upon receipt of the report from the secretary of state, the
attorney general shall initiate an action in the district court of
any county in which the land is located.
3. The attorney general shall file a notice of the pendency of
the action with the recorder of deeds of each county in which any of
the land is located. If the court finds that the land in question
has been acquired or held in violation of this chapter or the
required registration has not been timely filed, it shall enter an
order so declaring and shall file a copy of the order with the
recorder of deeds of each county in which any portion of the land is
located.
