{"data":{"id":"us/29-cfr-500.71","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"29 CFR 500.71","heading":"Utilization of only registered farm labor contractors.","body":"The Act prohibits any person from utilizing the services of a farm labor contractor to supply migrant or seasonal agricultural workers without first taking reasonable steps to determine that the farm labor contractor possesses a valid Certificate of Registration, issued pursuant to the Act, which authorizes the activity for which the contractor is to be utilized. This prohibition also applies to a farm labor contractor who wishes to utilize the services of another farm labor contractor (see § 500.41). In making the determination about a contractor's registration status, a person may rely upon the contractor's possession of a Certificate of Registration which on its face is valid and which authorizes the activity for which the contractor is utilized. A person has the alternative to confirm the contractor's registration through the central registry maintained by the United States Department of Labor.","path":["Title 29—Labor","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Labor","CHAPTER V—WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","SUBCHAPTER A—REGULATIONS","PART 500—MIGRANT AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTION","Subpart C—Worker Protections"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-29.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:20Z","sha256":"d00da4fedf9b6d24a69a4ec2d0bf7920a1497dbe23b3513a6244d5a30aecfca1","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/29-cfr-500.70","next":"us/29-cfr-500.72"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}