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7 USC § 1511 - Tax exemption

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s1511"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 1511 - Tax exemption"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "1511"
section_name: "Tax exemption"
chapter_number: 36
chapter_name: "CROP INSURANCE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title V, § 511, 52 Stat. 75; Pub. L. 103–354, title I, § 108, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3197.)"
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# § 1511. Tax exemption

February 16, 1938

The Corporation, including its franchise, its capital, reserves, and surplus, and its income and property, shall be exempt from all taxation on or after , imposed by the United States or by any Territory, dependency, or possession thereof, or by any State, county, municipality, or local taxing authority. A contract of insurance of the Corporation, and a contract of insurance reinsured by the Corporation, shall be exempt from taxation imposed by any State, municipality, or local taxing authority.

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**Source Credit**: (Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title V, § 511, 52 Stat. 75; Pub. L. 103–354, title I, § 108, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3197.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— inserted at end “A contract of insurance of the Corporation, and a contract of insurance reinsured by the Corporation, shall be exempt from taxation imposed by any State, municipality, or local taxing authority.”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , and applicable to provision of crop insurance under Federal Crop Insurance Act ( et seq.) beginning with 1995 crop year, with such Act, as in effect on the day before , to continue to apply with respect to 1994 crop year, see , set out as a note under .

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Administration of program of Federal Crop Insurance Corporation transferred to Secretary of Agriculture by 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 501, eff. , 11 F.R. 7877, . See note set out under .

Wartime consolidation of Federal Crop Insurance Corporation into Agricultural Conservation and Adjustment Administration, see note set out under .