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LANDOWNER COMPLETES
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Primary owner information*
All owners must provide documentation to verify their date of birth.
Parcel information
Parcel means the property for which application to participate in the program is made. For purposes of this definition, boundaries of a parcel are wholly defined by the parcel owners seeking participation in the program and may be different than the boundaries for the larger lot on which the parcel is located, as otherwise stated in either its deed or the assessor’s map for the property.
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LANDOWNER ANSWERS — These questions screen the minimum program requirements.
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QUALIFIED EASEMENT HOLDER COMPLETES
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The landowner should not be expected to prepare this section
These three estimates establish the preliminary State investment and donation points. Final values are determined after selection.
Scoring claims - check only what can be documented
TDA is able to determine or confirm population, development pressure, acreage, protected-land adjacency, distressed county status, Forest Legacy connection, tree farm certification, and forest site
index scores from the primary owner and/or parcel description/information
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ALL OWNERS AND HOLDER APPROVE
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By submitting this Preserving Land for Agriculture Now application, we certify that all information and supporting materials submitted are true, accurate, and complete to the best of our knowledge. We understand that submission does not guarantee acceptance, a funding offer, or reimbursement.
We understand that each parcel application must be submitted jointly by all parcel owners and a qualified easement holder, and we agree to provide any additional or updated information required by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture.
We understand that eligibility, selection, valuation, closing, payment, reimbursement, monitoring, enforcement, transfer, amendment, extinguishment, loss, repayment, and proportionate-value obligations are governed by Tennessee Code Annotated Section 43-1-110, the Department’s regulations, any program contract, and the recorded deed of easement.
If selected and a program funding offer is accepted, we agree to comply with the Tennessee Code Annotated Section 43-1-110, the Department’s regulations, any program contract, and the recorded deed of easement. We understand that the program funds conservation easements intended to be perpetual and to preserve agricultural and forest land.
We understand that the qualified easement holder may inspect the property, with reasonable notice and at reasonable times, for compliance with the deed. We further understand that the Department may deny, reject, void, or pursue available contractual or legal remedies for any incomplete, inaccurate, withdrawn, unsupported, or noncompliant application, funding offer, contract, or easement, including any repayment or proportionate-value obligation provided by the applicable regulations, contract, or deed.