PURPOSE: This rule defines an. interest as it relates to registration with the Missouri Department of Agriculture of foreign persons or entities who or which own agricultural land in Missouri pw want to Chapter 442, RSMo.

Roy D. Blunt semary Of state

1. (1) Interest, as used in 2 CSR 20-3.010(l) and (2), shall be defined as all interests acquired, transferred or held in agricultural lands by a foreign person, as that term is defined in section 442.591, RSMo (1986L except-

   1. (A) Leaseholds of less than ten (10) years;
   2. (B) Contingent future interests;
   3. (C) Noncontingent future interests which do not become possessory upon the termination of the present possessory estate; and
   4. (D) Surface or subsurface easements and rights-of-way used for a purpose unrelated to agricultural production.

   Auth: section 442.592, RSMo (19861. Original rule filed Jan. 12,1982, effective May 15,1982.