Title 41, Public ContractsRelease 119-102
§4503 Security for Advance Payments
Title 41 › Subtitle I — Federal Procurement Policy › CHAPTER 45 — CONTRACT FINANCING › § 4503
Summary
Advance payments can be made only if the agency head finds it serves the public interest and there is adequate security. The government may take a lien on contract property, accounts, or property bought for the job; the lien is superior and takes effect at the first payment without filing or notice.
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Title 41, §4503
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Advance payments under section 4501 of this title may be made only on adequate security and a determination by the agency head that to do so would be in the public interest. The security may be in the form of a lien in favor of the Federal Government on the property contracted for, on the balance in an account in which the payments are deposited, and on such of the property acquired for performance of the contract as the parties may agree. This lien shall be paramount to all other liens and is effective immediately upon the first advancement of funds without filing, notice, or any other action by the Federal Government.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 450341:255(d).June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title III, § 305(d), 63 Stat. 396; July 12, 1952, ch. 703, § 1(m), 66 Stat. 594; Pub. L. 85–800, § 4, Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 966; Pub. L. 103–355, title II, § 2051(a)(4), (5), (d), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3304.
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41 U.S.C. § 4503
Title 41, Public Contracts
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102