LP-78 Lamb Certification on Non-Producer Status (Seller)

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

CERTIFICATION OF NON-PRODUCER STATUS (FOR THE SELLER)

OMB NO. 0581-0093

Failure to pay the lamb checkoff is a violation of federal law. This form must be properly completed and signed to be valid. You may by law be fined up to $10,000, imprisoned up to 5 years, or both, for knowingly or willfully making false statements within this document (18 U.S.C. §1001).

I CLAIM NON-PRODUCER STATUS ON HEAD OF LAMBS FOR A TOTAL LIVE WEIGHT OF

(number)

WHICH I AM RESELLING

ON

(date)

BUYER'S NAME AND ADDRESS

I CERTIFY upon reselling these lambs in compliance with 7 CFR 1280.217 that I have purchased these lamb to facilitate the transfer of ownership of these lambs to a third party and I am reselling these lambs no later than 10 days from the date I purchased them; or that I have purchased these lambs and upon transfer shall receive only a sales commission or a service fee which was established prior to my purchase of the lambs.

I (the reseller) further certify that when I purchased these lambs, collected the assessment due and passed it on to the subsequent purchasers.

(Check applicable box(es))

1. I received a Certification of Non-Producer Status from the person I purchased these lambs from; or

2. I purchased these lambs in a transaction in which I was not responsible for paying an assessment.

Persons who owns these lambs at the time of sale and is claiming Non-Producer status.

RESELLER'S NAME:

SOCIAL SECURITY NO. OR TAX ID NO.:

ADDRESS:

CITY:

STATE/ZIP:

SIGNATURE OF RESELLER:

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0581-0198. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 2 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. INFORMATION IS REQUIRED BY (7 CFR 1280.407) Information is held confidential (7 CFR 1280.227).

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