Mortgage proceeds fraudulently misappropriated by mortgagor; recovery of deficiency after foreclosure
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/us/usc/t12/s1701l–1
Title
12 — Banks and Banking
Chapter
CH13
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall take action to secure the payment of any deficiency after foreclosure on a mortgage insured or assisted under Federal law where the Secretary has reason to believe that the mortgage proceeds have been fraudulently misappropriated by the mortgagor.
(Pub. L. 93–383, title VIII, § 819, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 740.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, and not as part of the National Housing Act which comprises this chapter.
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