source:
  type: guide
  id: hud-4000-1-i-c-annual-recertification-fee
  authority: FHA Single Family Housing Policy Handbook 4000.1, Part I — c. Annual
    Recertification Fee (03/27/2019)
  description: FHA Single Family Housing Policy Handbook 4000.1, Part I — c. Annual
    Recertification Fee (03/27/2019).
  coverage_tier: operative
obligations:
- id: hud-4000-1-i-c-annual-recertification-fee-full
  canonical_id: hud-4000-1-i-c-annual-recertification-fee-full
  section: FHA Single Family Housing Policy Handbook 4000.1, Part I — c. Annual Recertification
    Fee (03/27/2019)
  type: do
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - fha
  - hud-handbook
  - corpus-expansion
  - tier-operative
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: FHA Single Family Housing Policy Handbook 4000.1, Part I — c. Annual
      Recertification Fee (03/27/2019)
    source_class: hud-handbook
    source_url: https://www.hud.gov/hud-partners/single-family-handbook-4000-1
    snapshot_id: 8c03836f77f317e1
    fetched_at: '2026-05-23T00:28:40Z'
    content_hash: sha256:411430f29b13f9b54a2ebb0e6f6e7087ecd2b90d0da22eb0c8c792eaa2d7d0df
    paragraph_quote: c. Annual Recertification Fee (03/27/2019) i. Standard The Mortgagee
      must pay an annual recertification fee after its online certification has been
      submitted and accepted. All fee payments must be made electronically. This recertification
      fee is non-refundable and will not be pro-rated. ii. Calculation of Fee Amount
      The Mortgagee will be assessed a fee for the Mortgagee’s home office and for
      each branch office registered with FHA. Fees are calculated based on the Mortgagee’s
      program approval(s), Mortgagee type, and the number of FHA-approved branch offices
      as of the last business day of the Mortgagee’s Certification Period. A Mortgagee
      that is terminating a branch office must do so on or before the last business
      day of the Certification Period in order to avoid paying the recertification
      fee for that branch office for the next Certification Period. Mortgagees attempting
      to terminate a branch office after the last day of their Certification Period
      will not be permitted to do so until the annual recertification fees have been
      paid in full. iii. Exception for Government Mortgagees Government Mortgagees
      are not required to pay a recertification fee.
  judgment: false
