Dakota Access accused of violating North Dakota corporate farming law

The North Dakota Attorney General’s Office filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Dakota Access LLC, alleging the company is in violation of the state’s anti-corporate farming law.

The company purchased much of the Cannonball Ranch north of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in fall of 2016, when pipeline protests were ongoing in the area.

State law prohibits corporations and limited liability companies from owning or leasing farmland and ranchland unless the land is necessary for commercial development.

Dakota Access had agreed to sell the property by June 30 in an agreement with the Attorney General’s Office, but missed that deadline and recently asked for a one-year extension.

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