2011 US Code
Title 12 - Banks and Banking
Chapter 38A - SINGLE FAMILY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE (§§ 3751 - 3768)
Section 3755 - Prerequisites to foreclosure
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 12 - BANKS AND BANKING |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 12 - BANKS AND BANKING CHAPTER 38A - SINGLE FAMILY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE Sec. 3755 - Prerequisites to foreclosure |
Contains | section 3755 |
Date | 2011 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 103-327, title II, Sept. 28, 1994, 108 Stat. 2316. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 108 Stat. 2316 |
Public Law References | Public Law 103-327 |
Congressional Bill Reference | Unknown Value2281 103rd Congress |
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The Secretary is authorized to foreclose a mortgage under this chapter upon the breach of a covenant or condition in the mortgage agreement.
(2) No other pending proceedings (A) Prior to commencementNo foreclosure may be commenced under this chapter unless any previously pending judicial or nonjudicial proceeding that has been separately instituted by the Secretary to foreclose the mortgage (other than under this chapter), has been withdrawn, dismissed, or otherwise terminated.
(B) After commencementNo separately instituted foreclosure proceeding on a mortgage which is the subject of a foreclosure proceeding under this chapter shall be instituted by the Secretary during the pendency of foreclosure pursuant to this chapter.
(b) Other rights unaffectedNothing in this chapter shall preclude the Secretary from—
(1) enforcing any right, other than foreclosure, under applicable Federal or State law, including any right to obtain a monetary judgment; or
(2) foreclosing under this chapter if the Secretary has obtained or is seeking any other remedy available pursuant to Federal or State law, or under the mortgage agreement, including the appointment of a receiver, mortgagee-in-possession status, or relief under an assignment of rents.
(Pub. L. 103–327, title II, Sept. 28, 1994, 108 Stat. 2316.)
CodificationSection is based on section 806 of title VIII of S. 2281, One Hundred Third Congress, as reported July 13, 1994, which was enacted into law by Pub. L. 103–327.
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