---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 51.106"
title: "48"
number: "51.106"
heading: "Title."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/51.106"
---

# §51.106. Title.

- (a) Title to all property acquired by the contractor under the contracting officer's authorization shall vest in the parties as provided in the contract, unless specifically provided for otherwise.
- (b) If contracts are with educational institutions and the Government Property clause at 52.245-1, Alternate II, is used, title to property having a unit acquisition cost of less than $5,000 shall vest in the contractor as provided in the clause. Agencies may provide higher thresholds, if appropriate.

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 42476, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 57 FR 60590, Dec. 21, 1992; 72 FR 27389, May 15, 2007; 77 FR 12944, Mar. 2, 2012]

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42476, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 42476, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 57 FR 60590, Dec. 21, 1992; 72 FR 27389, May 15, 2007; 77 FR 12944, Mar. 2, 2012]