---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 635.3"
title: "7"
number: "635.3"
heading: "Reliance on incorrect actions or information."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/635.3"
---

# §635.3. Reliance on incorrect actions or information.


The Chief may grant equitable relief to any participant that NRCS determines is not in compliance with the requirements, terms and conditions of a covered program, and therefore ineligible for a payment, or other benefit, if the participant—

- (a) Acting in good faith, relied on action and advice from an NRCS employee or representative of USDA to their detriment;
- (b) Did not know or have sufficient reason to know that the action or advice upon which they relied would be detrimental; and
- (c) Did not act in reliance on their own misunderstanding or misinterpretation of the program provisions, notices, or information.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7996.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 62440, Oct. 16, 2015, unless otherwise noted.