7 CFR § 765.203 - Protective advances.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s765.203"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 765.203 - Protective advances."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "765.203"
section_name: "Protective advances."
chapter_name: "FARM SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL PROGRAMS"
part_number: "765"
part_name: "DIRECT LOAN SERVICING—REGULAR"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301 and 7 U.S.C. 1989."
regulatory_source: "72 FR 63309, Nov. 8, 2007, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "765"
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# 765.203 Protective advances.

When necessary to protect the Agency's security interest, costs incurred for the following actions will be charged to the borrower's account:

(a) Maintain abandoned security property;

(b) Preserve inadequately maintained security;

(c) Pay real estate taxes and assessments;

(d) Pay property, hazard, or flood insurance;

(e) Pay harvesting costs;

(f) Maintain Agency security instruments;

(g) Pay ground rents;

(h) Pay expenses for emergency measures to protect the Agency's collateral; and

(i) Protect the Agency from actions by third parties.