[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR723.306]

[Page 147]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 723--TOBACCO--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart C--Tobacco Subject to Quota, Exemptions From Quotas, Marketing 
                  Cards, and General Penalty Provisions
 
Sec. 723.306  Claim stamping and replacing marketing cards.

    (a) Claim stamping. If a person is indebted to the United States and 
such indebtedness has been recorded on the county debt record, any 
marketing card issued for the farm on which the person has a producer 
interest shall bear the notation ``U.S. Claim'' followed by the amount 
of the indebtedness. The name of the debtor-producer, if different from 
the farm operator, shall be recorded directly under the claim notation. 
The notation ``TMQ'' indicating tobacco marketing quota as the type of 
indebtedness shall constitute notice to any buyer that until the amount 
of penalty is paid, the United States has a lien with respect to any 
crop of tobacco in which the debtor-producer has an interest. A claim 
notation other than ``TMQ'' shall constitute notice to any buyer that 
subject to prior liens, the net proceeds from any tobacco pledged as 
collateral for a price support loan shall be paid to the ``Farm Service 
Agency, USDA'' to the extent of the indebtedness shown. The acceptance 
and use of a marketing card bearing a notation and information 
concerning an indebtedness to the United States shall not constitute a 
waiver by the debtor-producer of any right to contest the validity of 
such indebtedness by appropriate appeal. As claim collections are made, 
the amount of the claim shown on the card shall be revised to show the 
claim balance. If requested by the producer, the county FSA executive 
director who issued the marketing card shall issue a claim-free 
marketing card when the claim has been paid.
    (b) Replacing, exchanging, or issuing additional marketing cards. 
Subject to the approval of the county FSA executive director, two or 
more marketing cards may be issued for any farm. Upon the return to the 
county FSA office of a marketing card which had been used in its 
entirety and before the marketing of tobacco from the farm has been 
completed, a new marketing card bearing the same name, information, and 
identification as the used card shall be issued for the farm. A new 
marketing card shall be issued to replace a card which has been 
determined by the county FSA executive director who issued the card to 
have been lost, destroyed, or stolen.