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FAR 53.110 Continuation sheets.
The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.
In plain English
This section explains that standard forms required by the FAR can be continued on plain paper of similar specification or on specially constructed continuation sheets, unless the FAR says otherwise. If you use continuation sheets, you must mark them in the upper right-hand corner with the reference number of the document being continued and the serial page number.
Applies to: Contractors using FAR-prescribed standard forms
What it requires
- Annotate continuation sheets in the upper right-hand corner with the reference number of the document being continued and the serial page number.
Key terms: continuation sheets · standard forms · plain paper of similar specification · OF 336 · serial page number
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The text
Except as may be otherwise indicated in the FAR, all standard forms prescribed by the FAR may be continued on (a) plain paper of similar specification, or (b) specially constructed continuation sheets (e.g., OF 336). Continuation sheets shall be annotated in the upper right-hand corner with the reference number of the document being continued and the serial page number.
← 53.109 Forms prescribed by other regulations. · 53.111 Contract clause. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 53
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 1, 2, 4, 33, 39, 40, and 53 ↗ · proposed 2026-06-23 · comments due 2026-07-23
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Controlled Unclassified Information ↗ · proposed 2025-01-15 · comments due 2025-03-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-07-30 · effective 2024-08-29
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.