---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 765.203"
title: "7"
number: "765.203"
heading: "Protective advances."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/765.203"
---

# §765.203. Protective advances.


When necessary to protect the Agency's security interest, costs incurred for the following actions will be charged to the borrower's account:

- (a) Maintain abandoned security property;
- (b) Preserve inadequately maintained security;
- (c) Pay real estate taxes and assessments;
- (d) Pay property, hazard, or flood insurance;
- (e) Pay harvesting costs;
- (f) Maintain Agency security instruments;
- (g) Pay ground rents;
- (h) Pay expenses for emergency measures to protect the Agency's collateral; and
- (i) **Protect the Agency from actions by third parties.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 7 U.S.C. 1989.

### Source

Source: 72 FR 63309, Nov. 8, 2007, unless otherwise noted.