---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1400.209"
title: "7"
number: "1400.209"
heading: "Sharecroppers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1400.209"
---

# §1400.209. Sharecroppers.

- (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of [§§ 1400.201 through 1400.206](/cfr/7/1400.201..1400.206.md) of this part, with respect to a person who is a sharecropper, the person will be considered to be actively engaged in farming if the sharecropper meets the provisions of [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section.
- (b) **A sharecropper who elects to be considered actively engaged in farming under this section must—**
  - (1) Make a significant contribution of active personal labor to the farming operation;
  - (2) Have a share of the profits or losses from the farming operation commensurate with the person's contribution to the operation; and
  - (3) Make a contribution to the farming operation that is at risk for a loss, with the level of risk being commensurate with the person's claimed share of the farming operation.

## Notes

### Amendments

[73 FR 79273, Dec. 29, 2008, as amended at 85 FR 52039, Aug. 24, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1308, 1308-1, 1308-2, 1308-3, 1308-3a, 1308-4, and 1308-5; and Title I, Pub. L. 115-123.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 79273, Dec. 29, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[73 FR 79273, Dec. 29, 2008, as amended at 85 FR 52039, Aug. 24, 2020]