North Dakota Century Code Title 10. Corporations § 10-06.1-07. Industrial and business purpose exception

A corporation or limited liability company that is not engaged in the business of farming or ranching may own or lease land used for farming or ranching when the land is necessary for residential or commercial development;  the siting of buildings, plants, facilities, industrial parks, or similar business or industrial purposes of the corporation or limited liability company;  or for uses supportive of or ancillary to adjacent nonagricultural land for the benefit of both land parcels.  The farmland or ranchland while not being immediately used for any purpose of the corporation or limited liability company must be available to be leased by persons who farm or ranch as sole proprietorships or partnerships, or by corporations or limited liability companies allowed to engage in farming or ranching under section 10-06.1-12.