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Title 12 — Banks and Banking

Chapter 38 — Multifamily Mortgage Foreclosure

§ 3706. Notice of default and foreclosure sale; condition and term of sale

Statutory text

(a)

The notice of default and foreclosure sale to be served in accordance with this chapter shall be subscribed with the name and address of the foreclosure commissioner and the date on which subscribed, and shall set forth the following information:

(1)

the names of the Secretary, the original mortgagee and the original mortgagor;

(2)

the street address or a description of the location of the security property, and a description of the security property, or so much thereof as is to be offered for sale, sufficient to identify the property to be sold;

(3)

the date of the mortgage, the office in which the mortgage is recorded, and the liber and folio or other description of the location of recordation of the mortgage;

(4)

the failure to make payment, including the due date of the earliest installment payment remaining wholly unpaid as of the date the notice is subscribed, or the description of other default or defaults upon which foreclosure is based, and the acceleration of the secured indebtedness;

(5)

the date, time, and place of the foreclosure sale;

(6)

a statement that the foreclosure is being conducted pursuant to this chapter;

(7)

the types of costs, if any, to be paid by the purchaser upon transfer of title; and

(8)

the amount and method of deposit to be required at the foreclosure sale (except that no deposit shall be required of the Secretary), the time and method of payment of the balance of the foreclosure purchase price and other appropriate terms of sale.

(b)
(1)

Except as provided in paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary may require, as a condition and term of sale, that the purchaser at a foreclosure sale under this chapter agree to continue to operate the security property in accordance with the terms of the program under which the mortgage insurance or assistance was provided, or any applicable regulatory or other agreement in effect with respect to such property immediately prior to the time of foreclosure sale.

(2)
(A)

In any case where the majority of the residential units in a property subject to such a sale are occupied by residential tenants at the time of the sale, the Secretary shall require, as a condition and term of sale, any purchaser (other than the Secretary) to operate the property in accordance with such terms, as appropriate, of the programs referred to in paragraph (1).

(B)

In any case where the Secretary is the purchaser of a multifamily project, the Secretary shall manage and dispose of such project in accordance with the provisions of section 203 of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 [12 U.S.C. 1701z–11].

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Multifamily Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1981

    Pub. L. 97–35 title III § 367 · 95 Stat. 357

    Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 3706

    Pub. L. 97–35, title III, § 367, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 424

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 97–35, title III, § 367, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 424

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 367. notice of default and foreclosure sale (a) The notice of default and foreclosure sale to be served in accordance with this part shall be subscribed with the name and address of the foreclosure commissioner and the date on which subscribed, and shall set forth the following information: (1) the names of the Secretary, the original mortgagee and the original mortgagor; (2) the street address or a description of the location of the security property, and a description of the security property, or so much thereof as is to be offered for sale, sufficient to identify the property to be sold; (3) the date of the mortgage, the office in which the mortgage is recorded, and the liber and folio or other description of the location of recordation of the mortgage; (4) the failure to make payment, including the due date of the earliest installment payment remaining wholly unpaid as of the date the notice is subscribed, or the description of other default or defaults upon which foreclosure is based, and the acceleration of the secured indebtedness; (5) the date, time, and place of the foreclosure sale; (6) a statement that the foreclosure is being conducted pursuant to this part; (7) the types of costs, if any, to be paid by the purchaser upon transfer of title; and (8) the amount and method of deposit to be required at the foreclosure sale (except that no deposit shall be required of the Secretary), the time and method of payment of the balance of the foreclosure purchase price and other appropriate terms of sale. (b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary may require, as a condition and term of sale, that the purchaser at a foreclosure sale under this part agree to continue to operate the security property in accordance with the terms, as appropriate, of the loan program under section 312 of the Housing Act of 1964, the 42 USC 1452b. program under which insurance under title II of the National Housing Act was originally provided with respect to such property, or 12 USC 1707. any applicable regulatory or other agreement in effect with respect to such property immediately prior to the time of foreclosure sale. (2) (A) In any case where the majority of the residential units in a property subject to such a sale are occupied by residential tenants at the time of the sale, the Secretary shall require, as a condition and term of sale, any purchaser (other than the Secretary) to operate the property in accordance with such terms, as appropriate, of the programs referred to in paragraph (1). (B) In any case where the Secretary is the purchaser of a multifamily project, the Secretary shall manage and dispose of such project in accordance with the provisions of section 203 of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978. 12 USC 1715z–11.

  2. Housing and Community Development Act of 1992

    Pub. L. 102–550 title V § 517(d) · 106 Stat. 3672

    Amended · 12 U.S.C. § 3706(b)(1)

    Pub. L. 102–550 amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: “Except as provided in paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary may require, as a condition and term of sale, that the purchaser at a foreclosure sale under this chapter agree to continue to operate the security property in accordance with the terms, as appropriate, of the loan program under section 312 of the Housing Act of 1964, the program under which insurance under title II of the National Housing Act was originally provided with respect to such property, or any applicable regulatory or other agreement in effect with respect to such property immediately prior to the time of foreclosure sale.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 102–550 amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: “Except as provided in paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary may require, as a condition and term of sale, that the purchaser at a foreclosure sale under this chapter agree to continue to operate the security property in accordance with the terms, as appropriate, of the loan program under section 312 of the Housing Act of 1964, the program under which insurance under title II of the National Housing Act was originally provided with respect to such property, or any applicable regulatory or other agreement in effect with respect to such property immediately prior to the time of foreclosure sale.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (d) Notice.— Section 367(b)(1) of the Multifamily Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1981 (12 U.S.C, 3706(b)(1) is amended to read as follows: “(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary may require, as a condition and term of sale, that the purchaser at a foreclosure sale under this part agree to continue to operate the security property in accordance with the terms of the program under which the mortgage insurance or assistance was provided, or any applicable regulatory or other agreement in effect with respect to such property immediately prior to the time of foreclosure sale.”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1992—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 102–550 amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: “Except as provided in paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary may require, as a condition and term of sale, that the purchaser at a foreclosure sale under this chapter agree to continue to operate the security property in accordance with the terms, as appropriate, of the loan program under section 312 of the Housing Act of 1964, the program under which insurance under title II of the National Housing Act was originally provided with respect to such property, or any applicable regulatory or other agreement in effect with respect to such property immediately prior to the time of foreclosure sale.”

Credits

1981–1992 · 2 acts
  1. 1981Pub. L. 97–35, title III, § 367, , 95 Stat. 424
  2. 1992Pub. L. 102–550, title V, § 517(d), , 106 Stat. 3792.
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(Pub. L. 97–35, title III, § 367, , 95 Stat. 424; Pub. L. 102–550, title V, § 517(d), , 106 Stat. 3792.)

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