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SB14 Alabama 2022 Session

Updated Feb 3, 2022

Summary

Primary Sponsor
Tim MelsonSenator
Republican
Session
Regular Session 2022
Title
Agricultural land ownership, restricted to U.S. citizens and resident aliens with limited exceptions, civil penalty for registration violation
Description

Existing law provides that an alien, whether resident or nonresident, may own, hold, or dispose of real property with the same rights as a native citizen.

This bill would restrict ownership of agricultural land to United States citizens and resident aliens only, subject to certain limited exceptions.

This bill would further provide a civil penalty for violation of certain registration requirements.

Subjects
Agriculture

Bill Actions

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature