Title 12, Banks and BankingRelease 119-102
§3716 Separability
Title 12 › CHAPTER 38 — MULTIFAMILY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE › § 3716
Summary
Keeps the rest of the chapter valid if a court finds any part invalid, whether for all cases or only for some kinds of cases. The court’s ruling only affects the exact part it struck down and the case or group of cases before the court.
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Title 12, §3716
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If any clause, sentence, paragraph or 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 of this chapter, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
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12 U.S.C. § 3716
Title 12, Banks and Banking
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102