7 CFR § 701.37 - Loss of control of the property during the practice life span.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s701.37"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 701.37 - Loss of control of the property during the practice life span."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "701.37"
section_name: "Loss of control of the property during the practice life span."
chapter_name: "FARM SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM"
part_number: "701"
part_name: "EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM, EMERGENCY FOREST RESTORATION PROGRAM, AND CERTAIN RELATED PROGRAMS PREVIOUSLY ADMINISTERED UNDER THIS PART"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-07"
last_updated: "2026-04-07"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 2201-2206; Sec. 101, Pub. L. 109-148, 119 Stat. 2747; and Pub. L. 111-212, 124 Stat. 2302"
regulatory_source: "69 FR 10302, Mar. 4, 2004, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "701"
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# 701.37 Loss of control of the property during the practice life span.
In the event of voluntary or involuntary loss of control of the land by the ECP or EFRP cost-share recipient during the practice life-span, if the person or legal entity acquiring control elects not to become a successor to the ECP or EFRP agreement and the practice is not maintained, each participant who received cost-share assistance for the practice may be jointly and severally liable for refunding any ECP or EFRP cost-share assistance related to that practice. The practice life span, for purposes of this section, includes any maintenance period that is essential to its success.
[69 FR 10302, Mar. 4, 2004, as amended at 75 FR 70088, Nov. 17, 2010]