[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7, Parts 700 to 899]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR707.4]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 707--PAYMENTS DUE PERSONS WHO HAVE DIED, DISAPPEARED, OR HAVE BEEN DECLARED INCOMPETENT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 707.4  Disappearance.

    (a) In case any person otherwise eligible to receive payment 
disappears before receiving the payment, such payment may be made upon 
proper application therefor, without regard to claims of creditors other 
than the United States, to one of the following in the order mentioned:
    (1) The conservator or liquidator of his estate, if one be duly 
appointed.
    (2) The spouse.
    (3) An adult son or daughter or grandchild for the benefit of his 
estate.

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    (4) The mother or father for the benefit of his estate.
    (5) An adult brother or sister for the benefit of his estate.
    (6) Such person as may be authorized under State law to receive 
payment for the benefit of his estate.
    (b) A person shall be deemed to have disappeared if (1) he has been 
missing for a period of more than 3 months, (2) a diligent search has 
failed to reveal his whereabouts, and (3) such person has not 
communicated during such period with other persons who would be expected 
to have heard from him. Evidence of such disappearance must be presented 
to the county committee in the form of a statement executed by the 
person making the application for payment, setting forth the above 
facts, and must be substantiated by a statement from a disinterested 
person who was well acquainted with the person who has disappeared.