12 U.S.C. § 3703
Current through P.L. 118-78 (published on www.congress.gov on 07/30/2024)
Multifamily mortgages held by the Secretary encumbering real estate located in any State may be foreclosed by the Secretary in accordance with this chapter, or pursuant to other foreclosure procedures available, at the option of the Secretary. If the Secretary forecloses on any such mortgage pursuant to such other foreclosure procedures available, the provisions of section 3706(b) of this title may be applied at the discretion of the Secretary.
12 U.S.C. § 3703
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS1983- Pub. L. 98-181 inserted provision relating to application of section 3706(b) of this title in event of foreclosure under other foreclosure procedures.
- Secretary
- "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture.
- mortgage
- "mortgage" means a deed of trust, mortgage, deed to secure debt, security agreement, or any other form of instrument under which any interest in property, real, personal or mixed, or any interest in property including leaseholds, life estates, reversionary interests, and any other estates under applicable State law, is conveyed in trust, mortgaged, encumbered, pledged, or otherwise rendered subject to a lien, for the purpose of securing the payment of money or the performance of an obligation;
- State
- The term "State" means any State, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or the United States Virgin Islands or any federally recognized Indian tribe, as defined by the Secretary of the Interior under section 5131(a) of title 25.