Title 29, LaborRelease 119-102

§1812 Issuance of Certificate of Registration

Title 29 › CHAPTER 20 — MIGRANT AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTION › SUBCHAPTER I — FARM LABOR CONTRACTORS › § 1812

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must check and approve applications before giving a registration certificate (including as an employee of a farm labor contractor). The written application must include five things: a sworn statement of the applicant’s permanent address, the farm labor contracting work wanted, and any other needed facts; a list of each vehicle used to carry migrant or seasonal farm workers and, for vehicles the applicant owns or controls, proof they meet the rules in section 1841; a list of each place to house migrant workers and, for places the applicant owns or controls, proof they meet section 1823; fingerprints; and a sworn consent naming the Secretary to accept court papers if the applicant leaves the area or cannot be found.

Full Legal Text

Title 29, §1812

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The Secretary, after appropriate investigation and approval, shall issue a certificate of registration (including a certificate of registration as an employee of a farm labor contractor) to any person who has filed with the Secretary a written application containing the following:
(1)a declaration, subscribed and sworn to by the applicant, stating the applicant’s permanent place of residence, the farm labor contracting activities for which the certificate is requested, and such other relevant information as the Secretary may require;
(2)a statement identifying each vehicle to be used to transport any migrant or seasonal agricultural worker and, if the vehicle is or will be owned or controlled by the applicant, documentation showing that the applicant is in compliance with the requirements of section 1841 of this title with respect to each such vehicle;
(3)a statement identifying each facility or real property to be used to house any migrant agricultural worker and, if the facility or real property is or will be owned or controlled by the applicant, documentation showing that the applicant is in compliance with section 1823 of this title with respect to each such facility or real property;
(4)a set of fingerprints of the applicant; and
(5)a declaration, subscribed and sworn to by the applicant, consenting to the designation by a court of the Secretary as an agent available to accept service of summons in any action against the applicant, if the applicant has left the jurisdiction in which the action is commenced or otherwise has become unavailable to accept service.

Legislative History

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective 90 days from Jan. 14, 1983, see section 524 of Pub. L. 97–470, set out as a note under section 1801 of this title.

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Citation

29 U.S.C. § 1812

Title 29, Labor

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102