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<section article="gca" article_name="Corporations and Associations" number="1-209" title_number="1" title_name="General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Fees and Recording">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “family farm” means an entity that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Is a domestic entity;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <level label="1">
          <text>Owns, or within 1 year after filing articles of incorporation, articles of organization, or a certificate of partnership, will own or take control of property that qualifies for agricultural use assessment under § 8-209 of the Tax - Property Article; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Owns only agriculturally or residentially assessed real property and personal property that is used for agricultural purposes; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Owns only personal property that is used for agricultural or agricultural marketing purposes;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Is controlled, managed, and operated by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>One individual who has an equity interest in the entity; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Two or more individuals who have an equity interest in the entity and who share its assets and earnings;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Is declared in a charter provision to be a family farm; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Has no assets other than those described in item (2) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Within 1 year after selling all of the property described in subsection (a)(2) of this section, an individual shall file a charter amendment stating that the entity is no longer a family farm.</text>
  </level>
</section>
