FAR clauses/Part 27/Checked 15 Sep 2026
FAR 52.227-14
Rights in Data—General
- Clause date
- MAY 2014
- Prescribed at
- FAR 27.409(b)(1). Insert when it is contemplated that data will be produced, furnished, or acquired under the contract, except in situations 27.409(b)(1) lists (for example, SBIR contracts, architect-engineer or construction work, and contracts for special works or existing data covered elsewhere in 27.405).
- Applies to
- Civilian-agency contracts (FAR, not DFARS) under which data will be produced, furnished, or acquired.
- Flowdown
- No flowdown required
52.227-14 contains no paragraph requiring insertion of the clause in subcontracts. It is not listed in 52.244-6(c)(1) or 52.212-5(e)(1). However, paragraph (h) requires the Contractor to obtain from its subcontractors all data and rights necessary to fulfill its obligations to the Government, and to notify the CO and not award without written authorization if a subcontractor refuses. - Full text
- FAR 52.227-14 on Acquisition.gov
… (i) Data first produced in the performance of this contract; (ii) Form, fit, and function data delivered under this contract; (iii) Data delivered under this contract (except for restricted computer software) that constitute manuals or instructional and training material for installation, operation, or routine maintenance and repair of items, components, or processes delivered or furnished for use under this contract; and (iv) All other data delivered under this contract unless provided otherwise for limited rights data or restricted computer software in accordance with paragraph (g) of this clause. …
From the clause · Codified FAR · FAC 2026-01
Why it matters: The Government's unlimited rights attach by default, so a contractor that doesn't properly withhold or mark limited rights data and restricted software can lose protection it assumed it had.
This is the codified text, not any agency's Revolutionary FAR Overhaul deviation. An agency running a class deviation may have this clause renumbered, rewritten or prescribed differently — check the deviation before you put a clause in a solicitation.
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