source:
  type: guide
  id: hud-4000-1-i-a-registration
  authority: FHA Single Family Housing Policy Handbook 4000.1, Part I — a. Registration
    (03/19/2024)
  description: FHA Single Family Housing Policy Handbook 4000.1, Part I — a. Registration
    (03/19/2024).
  coverage_tier: operative
obligations:
- id: hud-4000-1-i-a-registration-full
  canonical_id: hud-4000-1-i-a-registration-full
  section: FHA Single Family Housing Policy Handbook 4000.1, Part I — a. Registration
    (03/19/2024)
  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 — a. Registration
      (03/19/2024)
    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: a. Registration (03/19/2024) The Mortgagee may register all Branch
      Offices in which it conducts FHA business, including originating, underwriting,
      and/or servicing FHA-insured Mortgages. The Mortgagee can register each branch
      office and pay branch office registration fees through LEAP. A 10-digit FHA
      Lender ID will be assigned to each registered branch office. The Mortgagee cannot
      register a new branch office within a HUD Field Office jurisdiction in which
      it has withdrawn a branch office in the last six months. The Mortgagee must
      instead make a request through LEAP to reassign the former office’s 10-digit
      FHA Lender ID to the new branch and must pay the branch office registration
      fee.
  judgment: false
