Title 12, Banks and BankingRelease 119-102

§2206 Participation Loans

Title 12 › CHAPTER 23 — FARM CREDIT SYSTEM › SUBCHAPTER IV — PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO TWO OR MORE CLASSES OF INSTITUTIONS OF THE SYSTEM › Part D — Activities of Institutions of the System › § 2206

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Farm Credit institutions that operate under different parts of the Farm Credit law can share a loan and set the loan’s terms among themselves, including how each counts its share for capital, if the Farm Credit Administration allows it. For who may borrow, membership, the loan’s length and size, required collateral, and whether the borrower must buy stock or participation certificates, use the rules of the institution that made the loan.

Full Legal Text

Title 12, §2206

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Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the terms of any loan participated in by two or more Farm Credit System institutions operating under different subchapters of this chapter, including provisions for capitalization of the portion of the loan participated in by each institution, shall be as may be agreed upon among such institutions and authorized under regulations issued by the Farm Credit Administration, except that for purposes of determining borrower eligibility, membership, term, amount, loan security, and purchase of stock or participation certificates by the borrower, the provisions of law applicable to the loan shall be the provisions in the subchapter under which the institution that originates the loan operates.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1985—Pub. L. 98–205 inserted “under

Regulations

issued” after “authorized”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1985 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 99–205 effective thirty days after Dec. 23, 1985, see section 401 of Pub. L. 99–205, set out as a note under section 2001 of this title.

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Citation

12 U.S.C. § 2206

Title 12, Banks and Banking

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102