===== Owner =====
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An **Owner** is an individual or entity who has legal ownership of farmland,
including individuals or entities that are any of the following:
  * buying farmland under a contract for deed \\ **Note:** USDA Office of the General Counsel (OGC), Regional Attorney will review contracts that are questionable before changing USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) ownership records.
  * retaining a life estate in the property
  * purchasing a farm in a foreclosure proceeding and both of the following apply:
  * the redemption period has not passed
  * the original owner has not redeemed the property
  * a spouse in a community property State
  * spouses owning property jointly. 

County Committees (COC)  will require specific proof of ownership when land ownership is transferred. 

Source: [[https://www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_File/10cm1-a3.pdf | USDA - Farm Records and Reconstitutions, page 22 ]]


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