[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR1710.17]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
 CHAPTER X--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING--FEDERAL HOUSING 
 COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (INTERSTATE 
                    LAND SALES REGISTRATION PROGRAM)
 
PART 1710_LAND REGISTRATION--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart A_General Requirements
 
Sec.  1710.17  Advisory opinion.

    (a) General. A developer may request an opinion from the Secretary 
as to whether an offering qualifies for an exemption or is subject to 
the jurisdiction of the Act.
    (b) Requirements. All requests for Advisory Opinions must be 
accompanied by the following:
    (1) A $500.00 filing fee submitted in accordance with Sec.  
1710.35(a). This fee is not refundable.
    (2) A comprehensive description of the conditions and operations of 
the offering. There is no prescribed format for submitting this 
information, but the developer should at least cite the applicable 
statutory or regulatory basis for the exemption or lack of jurisdiction 
and thoroughly explain how the offering either satisfies the 
requirements for exemption or falls outside the purview of the Act.
    (3) An affirmation as shown below:

                         Developer's Affirmation

Name of Subdivision_____________________________________________________
Location (Including County and State)___________________________________
Name of Developer_______________________________________________________
Address of Developer____________________________________________________
Name of Agent___________________________________________________________
Address of Agent________________________________________________________
Number of Lots in Subdivision___________________________________________
Number of Acres in Subdivision__________________________________________

    I affirm that I am the developer or owner of the property described 
above or will be the developer or owner at the time the lots are offered 
for sale to the public, or that I am the agent authorized by the 
developer or owner to complete this statement.
    I further affirm that the statements contained in all documents 
submitted with the request for an Advisory Opinion are true and 
complete.


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________________________________________________________________________
(Date)
________________________________________________________________________
(Signature)
________________________________________________________________________
(Title)

    Warning: Section 1418 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
1968 (83 Stat. 598, 15 U.S.C. 1717 as amended) provides: ``Any person 
who willfully violates any of the provisions of this title or the rules 
and regulations prescribed pursuant thereto * * *, shall upon conviction 
be fined not more than $10,000.00 or imprisoned not more than five 
years, or both.''

[45 FR 40479, June 13, 1980, as amended at 49 FR 31370, 31373, Aug. 6, 
1984]