source:
  type: regulation
  id: usda-7cfr-3555.257
  authority: 7 CFR Part 3555 — USDA Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program § 3555.257 — Unauthorized assistance
  description: '7 CFR Part 3555 — USDA Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program, §3555.257 Unauthorized assistance.
    Captured section-complete (all subsections verbatim).

    '
obligations:
- id: usda-7cfr-3555.257-a
  canonical_id: usda-7cfr-3555.257-a
  section: 7 CFR §3555.257(a)
  description: 'Unauthorized assistance — (a): (a) Unauthorized assistance due to false information. (1) If the
    borrower receives a guaranteed loan based on false information provided by the borrower, Rural Development may
    require the lender to accelerate the guaranteed loan. After the lender accelerates the loan upon request, the
    lender may sub…'
  type: do
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
  - section-complete
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: 7 CFR Part 3555 — USDA Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program § 3555.257
    source_class: ecfr-xml
    source_url: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-7/subtitle-B/chapter-XXXV/part-3555
    snapshot_id: 60bd6fb03befa14c
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
    content_hash: sha256:f1f884c828bb807baf369d30e1a9479648dfa62165e28511a0730ed785181a8b
    paragraph_quote: (a) Unauthorized assistance due to false information. (1) If the borrower receives a guaranteed
      loan based on false information provided by the borrower, Rural Development may require the lender to accelerate
      the guaranteed loan. After the lender accelerates the loan upon request, the lender may submit a claim for
      any loss. If the lender fails to accelerate the loan upon request, Rural Development may reduce or void the
      guarantee. (2) If the borrower receives a guaranteed loan based on false information provided by the lender,
      Rural Development may void the guarantee subject to the provisions of &#xA7; 3555.108. (3) If the borrower
      or lender provides false information, Rural Development may pursue criminal and civil false claim actions,
      suspension and/or debarment, and take all other appropriate action.
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim (whitespace-normalized) slice of §3555.257 subsection (a) from snapshot 60bd6fb03befa14c;
      substring-verified.
  judgment: false
- id: usda-7cfr-3555.257-b
  canonical_id: usda-7cfr-3555.257-b
  section: 7 CFR §3555.257(b)
  description: 'Unauthorized assistance — (b): (b) Unauthorized assistance due to inaccurate information. Rural
    Development will honor a guarantee for a loan made to an applicant who receives a guaranteed loan based on inaccurate
    information if the applicant was eligible to receive the guaranteed loan at the time it was made, and if the
    loan fun…'
  type: do
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
  - section-complete
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: 7 CFR Part 3555 — USDA Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program § 3555.257
    source_class: ecfr-xml
    source_url: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-7/subtitle-B/chapter-XXXV/part-3555
    snapshot_id: 60bd6fb03befa14c
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
    content_hash: sha256:f1f884c828bb807baf369d30e1a9479648dfa62165e28511a0730ed785181a8b
    paragraph_quote: (b) Unauthorized assistance due to inaccurate information. Rural Development will honor a guarantee
      for a loan made to an applicant who receives a guaranteed loan based on inaccurate information if the applicant
      was eligible to receive the guaranteed loan at the time it was made, and if the loan funds were used only
      for eligible loan purposes.
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim (whitespace-normalized) slice of §3555.257 subsection (b) from snapshot 60bd6fb03befa14c;
      substring-verified.
  judgment: false
