29 CFR § 500.71 - Utilization of only registered farm labor contractors.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s500.71"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 500.71 - Utilization of only registered farm labor contractors."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "500.71"
section_name: "Utilization of only registered farm labor contractors."
chapter_name: "WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS"
part_number: "500"
part_name: "MIGRANT AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Pub. L. 97-470, 96 Stat. 2583 (29 U.S.C. 1801-1872); Secretary's Order No. 01-2014 (Dec. 19, 2014), 79 FR 77527 (Dec. 24, 2014); 28 U.S.C. 2461 Note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); and Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat 584."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 36741, Aug. 12, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "500"
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# 500.71 Utilization of only registered farm labor contractors.

The Act prohibits any person from utilizing the services of a farm labor contractor to supply migrant or seasonal agricultural workers without first taking reasonable steps to determine that the farm labor contractor possesses a valid Certificate of Registration, issued pursuant to the Act, which authorizes the activity for which the contractor is to be utilized. This prohibition also applies to a farm labor contractor who wishes to utilize the services of another farm labor contractor (see § 500.41). In making the determination about a contractor's registration status, a person may rely upon the contractor's possession of a Certificate of Registration which on its face is valid and which authorizes the activity for which the contractor is utilized. A person has the alternative to confirm the contractor's registration through the central registry maintained by the United States Department of Labor.