{"data":{"id":"us/36-cfr-223.34","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"36 CFR 223.34","heading":"Advance payment.","body":"Sale contracts shall provide that timber and forest products be paid for in advance of cutting, unless the contract authorizes the purchaser to furnish a payment guarantee satisfactory to the Forest Service. Advance payments found to be in excess of amounts due the United States shall be refunded to the current holder of the contract or to successors in interest. (90 Stat. 2959; 16 U.S.C. 472a.)","path":["Title 36—Parks, Forests, and Public Property","CHAPTER II—FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","PART 223—SALE AND DISPOSAL OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM TIMBER","Subpart B—Timber Sale Contracts"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-36.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:44Z","sha256":"caef6b1866ea48425aa99c265503173ee6ec7d30f4a9bfac61275417e4807dae","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/36-cfr-223.33","next":"us/36-cfr-223.35"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}