---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 9001.109"
title: "5"
number: "9001.109"
heading: "Prohibited purchase of assets."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/9001.109"
---

# §9001.109. Prohibited purchase of assets.


An employee or the employee's spouse or minor children shall not purchase, directly or indirectly, any real or personal property from a regulated entity, unless it is sold at public auction or by other means which would assure that the selling price is the asset's fair market value.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7301; 5 U.S.C. App. (Ethics in Government Act of 1978); 12 U.S.C. 4526; E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159; 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 215, as modified by E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547; 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 306; 5 CFR 2635.105, 2635.402(c), 2635.403(a), 2635.502(e), 2635.604, 2635.702, 2635.703, 2635.802(a), 2635.803.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 52611, Aug. 27, 2010, unless otherwise noted.