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Title 12 › CHAPTER 23 — FARM CREDIT SYSTEM › SUBCHAPTER IV — PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO TWO OR MORE CLASSES OF INSTITUTIONS OF THE SYSTEM › Part C — Rights of Borrowers; Loan Restructuring › § 2200
Summary
Under Farm Credit Administration rules, qualified lenders must give borrowers copies of any papers they sign when the loan is made and, if asked later, must give the lender’s charter and bylaws and any appraisals used.
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Title 12, §2200
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In accordance with regulations of the Farm Credit Administration, qualified lenders shall provide their borrowers, at the time of execution of loans, copies of all documents signed by the borrower and at any time thereafter, on a borrower’s request, copies of all documents signed or delivered by the borrower and at any time, on request, a copy of the institution’s articles of incorporation or charter and bylaws and copies of each appraisal of the borrower’s assets made or used by the qualified lender.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1988—Pub. L. 100–233 substituted “qualified lenders” for “System institutions” and inserted “and copies of each appraisal of the borrower’s assets made or used by the qualified lender” before period at end.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective thirty days after Dec. 23, 1985, see section 401 of Pub. L. 99–205, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1985 Amendment note under section 2001 of this title.
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Citation
12 U.S.C. § 2200
Title 12, Banks and Banking
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Aug 21, 2026
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