Title 12Banks and BankingRelease 119-73

§3767 Severability

Title 12 › Chapter CHAPTER 38A— - SINGLE FAMILY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE › § 3767

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

A court ruling that some part of the chapter is invalid only cancels that specific part for the case or group of cases it decided. The rest of the chapter stays valid and continues to apply.

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Title 12, §3767

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If any part of this chapter shall, for any reason, be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, or invalid as applied to a class of cases, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, and shall be confined in its operation to the part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section is based on section 818 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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Citation

12 U.S.C. § 3767

Title 12Banks and Banking

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73