[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: 7CFR718.6]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 718--PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MULTIPLE PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 718.6  Signature requirements and time limitations.

    (a) When a program authorized by this chapter and parts 1410 and 
1412 of this title requires the signature of a producer; landowner; 
landlord; or tenant, a husband or wife may sign all such FSA or CCC 
documents on behalf of the other spouse, unless such other

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spouse has provided written notification to FSA and CCC that such action 
is not authorized. The notification must be provided to the county FSA 
office which administers FSA and CCC programs with respect to each farm.
    (b) Except a husband or wife may not sign a document on behalf of a 
spouse with respect to:
    (1) Program documents required to be executed in accordance with 
part 3 of this title and part 704 of this chapter;
    (2) Easements entered into under part 1410 of this title;
    (3) Form FSA-211, Power of Attorney and Form FSA-211-1, Power of 
Attorney for Husband and Wife; and
    (4) Such other program documents as determined by FSA or CCC.
    (c) Whenever the final date prescribed in any of the regulations in 
this title for the performance of any act falls on a Saturday, Sunday, 
national holiday, State holiday on which the office of the county or 
State Farm Service Agency committee having primary cognizance of the 
action required to be taken is closed, or any other day on which the 
cognizant office is not open for the transaction of business during 
normal working hours, the time for taking required action shall be 
extended to the close of business on the next working day. Or in case 
the action required to be taken may be performed by mailing, the action 
shall be considered to be taken within the prescribed period if the 
mailing is postmarked by midnight of such next working day. Where the 
action required to be taken is within a prescribed number of days after 
the mailing of notice, the day of mailing shall be excluded in computing 
such period of time.