[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR457.2]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
     CHAPTER IV--FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 457_COMMON CROP INSURANCE REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 457.2  Availability of Federal crop insurance.

    (a) Insurance shall be offered under the provisions of this section 
on the insured crop in counties within the limits prescribed by and in 
accordance with the provisions of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as 
amended (the Act). The crops and counties shall be designated by the 
Manager of the Corporation from those approved by the Board of Directors 
of the Corporation.
    (b) The insurance is offered through companies reinsured by the 
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) that offer contracts 
containing the same terms and conditions as the contract set out in this 
part. These contracts are clearly identified as being reinsured by FCIC. 
FCIC may offer the contract for the catastrophic level of coverage 
contained in this part and part 402 directly to the insured through 
local offices of the Department of Agriculture only if the Secretary 
determines that the availability of local agents is not adequate. Those 
contracts are specifically identified as being offered by FCIC.
    (c) Except as specified in the Crop Provisions, the Catastrophic 
Risk Protection Endorsement (part 402 of this chapter) and part 400, 
subpart T of this chapter, no person may have in force more than one 
contract on the same crop for the same crop year in the same county.
    (d) Except as specified in paragraph (c) of this section, if a 
person has more than one contract authorized under the Act that provides 
coverage for the same loss on the same crop for the same crop year in 
the same county, all such contracts shall be voided for that crop year 
and the person will be liable for the premium on all contracts, unless 
the person can show to the satisfaction of the Corporation that the

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multiple contracts of insurance were without the fault of the person.
    (1) If the multiple contracts of insurance are shown to be without 
the fault of the person and:
    (i) One contract is an additional coverage policy and the other 
contract is a Catastrophic Risk Protection policy, the additional 
coverage policy will apply if both policies are with the same insurance 
provider, or if not, both insurance providers agree, and the 
Catastrophic Risk Protection policy will be canceled (If the insurance 
providers do not agree, the policy with the earliest date of application 
will be in force and the other contract will be canceled); or
    (ii) Both contracts are additional coverage policies or both are 
Catastrophic Risk Protection policies, the contract with the earliest 
signature date on the application will be valid and the other contract 
on that crop in the county for that crop year will be canceled, unless 
both policies are with the same insurance provider and the insurance 
provider agrees otherwise or both policies are with different insurance 
providers and both insurance providers agree otherwise.
    (2) No liability for any indemnity, prevented planting payment, 
replanting payment or premium will attach to the contracts canceled as 
specified in paragraphs (d)(1)(i) and (ii) of this section.
    (e) The person must repay all amounts received in violation of this 
section with interest at the rate contained in the contract (see Sec. 
457.8, paragraph 24).
    (f) An insured whose contract with the Corporation or with a company 
reinsured by the Corporation under the Act has been terminated because 
of violation of the terms of the contract is not eligible to obtain 
multiple peril crop insurance under the Act with the Corporation or with 
a company reinsured by the Corporation unless the insured can show that 
the default in the prior contract was cured prior to the sales closing 
date of the contract applied for or unless the insured can show that the 
termination was improper and should not result in subsequent 
ineligibility.
    (g) All applicants for insurance under the Act must advise the 
agent, in writing, at the time of application, of any previous 
applications for insurance or policies of insurance under the Act and 
the present status of any such applications or insurance.

[56 FR 1351, Jan. 14, 1991, as amended at 58 FR 58262, Nov. 1, 1993; 62 
FR 65154, Dec. 10, 1997; 63 FR 66712, Dec. 3, 1998; 69 FR 48738, Aug. 
10, 2004]