48 CFR § 570.101 - 570.101 Applicability.

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title: "48 CFR § 570.101 - 570.101   Applicability."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "570.101"
section_name: "570.101   Applicability."
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL CONTRACTING PROGRAMS"
part_number: "570"
part_name: "ACQUIRING LEASEHOLD INTERESTS IN REAL PROPERTY"
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authority: "40 U.S.C. 121(c)."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 37265, July 9, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
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# 570.101 570.101   Applicability.

(a) This part applies to acquisitions of leasehold interests in real property except:

(1) Leasehold interests acquired by the power of eminent domain or by donation.

(2) Acquisition of leasehold interests in bare or unimproved land.

(b) In addition, the GSAR rules in the following table apply. Other provisions of 48 CFR Chapter 5 (GSAR) do not apply to leases of real property unless specifically cross-referenced in this part 570.

Table 1 to Paragraph (**b**)—GSAR Rules Applicable to Acquisitions of Leasehold Interests in Real Property

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 501 | 515.209-70 |  | 536.271 |
| 502 | 515.305 | 522.805 | 537.2 |
| 503 | 517.202 | 522.807 | 539 |
| 509.4 | 517.207 | 538.270 | 552 |
| 514.407 | 519.7 | 533 | 553 |

(c) [Reserved]

(d) The FAR does not apply to leasehold acquisitions of real property. Where referenced in this part, FAR provisions have been adopted based on a statutory requirement applicable to such lease acquisitions or as a matter of policy, including, but not limited to “Federal agency procurement” as defined at FAR 3.104.

[64 FR 37265, July 9, 1999, as amended at 76 FR 30848, May 27, 2011; 87 FR 7395, Feb. 9, 2022; 89 FR 11749, Feb. 15, 2024]