2015 US Code
Title 12 - Banks and Banking (Sections 1 - 5710)
Chapter 38A - Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure (Sections 3751 - 3768)
Sec. 3754 - Designation of foreclosure commissioner
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, 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. 3754 - Designation of foreclosure commissioner |
Contains | section 3754 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
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 and Private Law | Public Law 103-327 |
Congressional Bill | S.2281 103rd Congress |
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The Secretary may designate a person or persons to serve as a foreclosure commissioner or commissioners for the purpose of foreclosing upon a single family mortgage.
(b) Power of saleA foreclosure commissioner designated under this section shall have a nonjudicial power of sale.
(c) QualificationsThe foreclosure commissioner, if a natural person, shall be a resident of the State in which the security property is located and, if not a natural person, the foreclosure commissioner must be duly authorized to transact business under laws of the State in which the security property is located. No person shall be designated as a foreclosure commissioner unless that person is responsible, financially sound, and competent to conduct a foreclosure.
(d) Designation procedure(1) Written designationThe Secretary may designate a foreclosure commissioner by executing a written designation stating the name and business or residential address of the commissioner, except that if a person is designated in his or her capacity as an official or employee of a government or corporate entity, such person may be designated by his or her unique title or position instead of by name.
(2) Substitute commissionersThe Secretary may, with or without cause, designate a substitute foreclosure commissioner to replace a previously designated foreclosure commissioner.
(3) NumberMore than 1 foreclosure commissioner may be designated at any time.
(Pub. L. 103–327, title II, Sept. 28, 1994, 108 Stat. 2316.)
CODIFICATIONSection is based on section 805 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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