9 CFR 205.103
§ 205.103 EFS—minimum information.
United States · 9 CFR — Animals and Animal Products · Status: effective
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- 9 CFR 205.103, § 205.103 EFS—minimum information, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/34474
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(a) The minimum information necessary on an EFS is as follows:
(1) Crop year unless every crop of the farm product in question, for the duration of the EFS, is to be subject to the particular security interest;
(2) Farm product name (see §§ 205.106, 205.206);
(3) Each county or parish in the same State where the farm product is produced or located;
(4) Name and address of each person subjecting the farm product to the security interest, whether or not a debtor (see § 205.102);
(5) Social security number or other approved unique identifier or, if other than a natural person, IRS taxpayer identification number or other approved unique identifier of each such person;
(6) Further details of the farm product subject to the security interest if needed to distinguish it from other such product owned by the same person or persons but not subject to the particular security interest (see § 205.207); and
(7) Secured party name and address.
(b) A requirement of additional information on an EFS is discretionary with the State.
(c) Whether to permit one EFS to reflect multiple products, or products in multiple counties, is discretionary with the State.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.