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# 42 U.S.C. § 2344 - Cash sales

## Text

All sales shall be for cash, and the buyer shall arrange for the necessary financing, except as provided in subchapter V of this chapter.

(Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 543, ch. 5, § 54, 69 Stat. 477.)