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7 CFR § 769.153Chapter VII

Eligibility requirements of the ultimate recipient

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(a) The eligibility requirements for the ultimate recipient are:

(1) Ultimate recipients must be individuals or legal entities, with authority to incur the debt and to resolve ownership and succession of a farm owned by multiple owners;

(2) Individual ultimate recipients or members of entity ultimate recipients must be a family member or heir-at-law related by blood or marriage to the previous owner of the real property; and

(3) The ultimate recipient must agree to complete a succession plan.

(b) The intermediary will determine the eligibility of the applicant to become the ultimate recipient in accordance with the rules provided in this subpart and in accordance with the intermediary's relending plan as approved by the Agency in the HPRP loan agreement.

eCFR data current as of: November 6, 2026

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