[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 36, Volume 2] [Revised as of July 1, 2007] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 36CFR223.34] [Page 84] TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 223_SALE AND DISPOSAL OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM TIMBER-- Table of Contents Subpart B_Timber Sale Contracts Sec. 223.34 Advance payment. Sale contracts shall provide that timber and forest products be paid for in advance of cutting, unless the contract authorizes the purchaser to furnish a payment guarantee satisfactory to the Forest Service. Advance payments found to be in excess of amounts due the United States shall be refunded to the current holder of the contract or to successors in interest. (90 Stat. 2959; 16 U.S.C. 472a.) [43 FR 38008, Aug. 25, 1978. Redesignated at 49 FR 2761, Jan. 23, 1984]