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LA-18-04: Certificates of Divestiture: The “Reasonably Necessary” Divestiture Standard and the Requirement that Property Covered by a CD be Sold While the Seller is an “Eligible Person”

March 29, 2018

This Legal Advisory provides guidance on two important aspects of the Certificate of Divestiture (CD) Program: (1) the “reasonably necessary” divestiture standard in the context of current Executive branch employees who know they will be leaving Government service shortly and (2) the requirement that only an “eligible person” may sell property in order to qualify for the benefits of a CD.

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