7 U.S.C. § 1520

Producer eligibility

Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, a producer shall not be denied insurance under this subchapter if—

(1)

for purposes of catastrophic risk protection coverage, the producer is a “person” (as defined by the Secretary); and

(2)

for purposes of any other plan of insurance, the producer is 18 years of age and has a bona fide insurable interest in a crop as an owner-operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper.

( Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30 , title V, § 520, as added Pub. L. 92–357 , July 28, 1972 , 86 Stat. 501 ; amended Pub. L. 103–354, title I, § 113 , Oct. 13, 1994 , 108 Stat. 3203 ; Pub. L. 110–234, title XII, § 12033(c)(2)(B) , May 22, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1405 ; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a) , title XII, § 12033(c)(2)(B), June 18, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1664 , 2167.)