Title 12Banks and BankingRelease 119-73

§4642 Reporting of fraudulent loans

Title 12 › Chapter CHAPTER 46— - GOVERNMENT SPONSORED ENTERPRISES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS › § 4642

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director must require regulated entities to quickly tell the Director if they learn they bought or sold a fraudulent loan or financial instrument, or if they suspect fraud. The Director must also require those entities to have procedures to find these kinds of transactions. If a regulated entity or a person connected to it reports in good faith, or makes someone report, they cannot be held liable under any federal or state law or contract, including arbitration, for making the report or for not notifying the people named in it.

Full Legal Text

Title 12, §4642

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(a)The Director shall require a regulated entity to submit to the Director a timely report upon discovery by the regulated entity that it has purchased or sold a fraudulent loan or financial instrument, or suspects a possible fraud relating to the purchase or sale of any loan or financial instrument. The Director shall require each regulated entity to establish and maintain procedures designed to discover any such transactions.
(b)Any regulated entity that, in good faith, makes a report pursuant to subsection (a), and any entity-affiliated party, that, in good faith, makes or requires another to make any such report, shall not be liable to any person under any provision of law or regulation, any constitution, law, or regulation of any State or political subdivision of any State, or under any contract or other legally enforceable agreement (including any arbitration agreement) for such report or for any failure to provide notice of such report to the person who is the subject of such report or any other persons identified in the report.

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Citation

12 U.S.C. § 4642

Title 12Banks and Banking

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73