[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR201.33]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER II--GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION 
      (PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS PROGRAMS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 201_REGULATIONS UNDER THE PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ACT--
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Sec. 201.33  Persons damaged may maintain suit; filing and notification 
of claims; time limitations; legal expenses.

    Each bond and each bond equivalent filed pursuant to the regulations 
in this part shall contain provisions that:
    (a) Any person damaged by failure of the principal to comply with 
any condition clause of the bond or bond equivalent may maintain suit to 
recover on the bond or bond equivalent even though such person is not a 
party named in the bond or bond equivalent;
    (b) Any claim for recovery on the bond or bond equivalent must be 
filed in writing with either the surety, if any, or the trustee, if any, 
or the Administrator, and whichever of these parties receives such a 
claim shall notify the other such party or parties at the earliest 
practical date;
    (c) The Administrator is authorized to designate a trustee pursuant 
to Sec. 201.32;
    (d) The surety on the bond, or the trustee on the bond equivalent, 
as the case may be, shall not be liable to pay any claim if it is not 
filed in writing within 60 days from the date of the transaction on 
which the claim is based or if suit thereon is commenced less than 120 
days or more than 547 days from the date of the transaction on which the 
claim is based;

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    (e) The proceeds of the bond or bond equivalent, as the case may be, 
shall not be used to pay fees, salaries, or expenses for legal 
representation of the surety or the principal.

[56 FR 2128, Jan. 22, 1991]