7 CFR § 81.14 - Offset, assignment, and prompt payment.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s81.14"
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title: "7 CFR § 81.14 - Offset, assignment, and prompt payment."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "81.14"
section_name: "Offset, assignment, and prompt payment."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "EXPORT AND DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION PROGRAMS"
part_number: "81"
part_name: "PRUNE/DRIED PLUM DIVERSION PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 612c."
regulatory_source: "67 FR 11391, Mar. 14, 2002, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "81"
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# 81.14 Offset, assignment, and prompt payment.

(a) Any payment or portion thereof due any person under this part shall be allowed without regard to questions of title under State law, and without regard to any claim or lien against the crop proceeds thereof in favor of the producer or any other creditors except agencies of the U.S. Government.

(b) Payments which are earned by a producer under this program may be assigned in the same manner as allowed under the provisions of 7 CFR part 1404.

(c) Prompt payment interest from AMS will not be applicable.