36 CFR § 223.34 - Advance payment.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t36/s223.34"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "36 CFR § 223.34 - Advance payment."
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "223.34"
section_name: "Advance payment."
chapter_name: "FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "223"
part_name: "SALE AND DISPOSAL OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM TIMBER"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "90 Stat. 2958, 16 U.S.C. 472a; 98 Stat. 2213, 16 U.S.C. 618, 104 Stat. 714-726, 16 U.S.C. 620-620j, 25 U.S.C. 3055 and 3057, 113 Stat. 1501a, 16 U.S.C. 528 note; unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 28252, June 2, 1977, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 49 FR 2760, Jan. 23, 1984."
cfr_part: "223"
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# 223.34 Advance payment.

Sale contracts shall provide that timber and forest products be paid for in advance of cutting, unless the contract authorizes the purchaser to furnish a payment guarantee satisfactory to the Forest Service. Advance payments found to be in excess of amounts due the United States shall be refunded to the current holder of the contract or to successors in interest. (90 Stat. 2959; 16 U.S.C. 472a.)

[43 FR 38008, Aug. 25, 1978. Redesignated at 49 FR 2761, Jan. 23, 1984]