7 CFR § 708.1 - Record retention period.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s708.1"
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title: "7 CFR § 708.1 - Record retention period."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "708.1"
section_name: "Record retention period."
chapter_name: "FARM SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM"
part_number: "708"
part_name: "RECORD RETENTION REQUIREMENTS—ALL PROGRAMS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 4, 49 Stat. 164, secs. 7-17, 49 Stat. 1148, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 590d, 590g-590q."
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# 708.1 Record retention period.

For the purposes of the programs in this chapter, no receipt, invoice, or other record required to be retained by any agricultural producer as evidence tending to show performance of a practice under any such program needs to be retained by such producer more than two years following the close of the program year of the program.

[25 FR 105, Jan. 7, 1960. Redesignated at 26 FR 5788, June 29, 1961]