source:
  type: regulation
  id: usda-7cfr-3555.251
  authority: 7 CFR Part 3555 — USDA Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program § 3555.251 — Servicing responsibility
  description: '7 CFR Part 3555 — USDA Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program, §3555.251 Servicing responsibility.
    Captured section-complete (all subsections verbatim).

    '
obligations:
- id: usda-7cfr-3555.251-a
  canonical_id: usda-7cfr-3555.251-a
  section: 7 CFR §3555.251(a)
  description: 'Servicing responsibility — (a): (a) Servicing action. Lenders must perform those servicing actions
    that a reasonable and prudent lender would perform in servicing its own portfolio of non-guaranteed loans.'
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    authority: 7 CFR Part 3555 — USDA Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program § 3555.251
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    source_url: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-7/subtitle-B/chapter-XXXV/part-3555
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    paragraph_quote: (a) Servicing action. Lenders must perform those servicing actions that a reasonable and prudent
      lender would perform in servicing its own portfolio of non-guaranteed loans.
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim (whitespace-normalized) slice of §3555.251 subsection (a) from snapshot 60bd6fb03befa14c;
      substring-verified.
  judgment: false
- id: usda-7cfr-3555.251-b
  canonical_id: usda-7cfr-3555.251-b
  section: 7 CFR §3555.251(b)
  description: 'Servicing responsibility — (b): (b) Third party servicer. A lender may contract with a third party
    to service its loans, but the servicing lender of record remains responsible for the quality and completeness
    of the servicing.'
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  tags:
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    authority: 7 CFR Part 3555 — USDA Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program § 3555.251
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    source_url: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-7/subtitle-B/chapter-XXXV/part-3555
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    paragraph_quote: (b) Third party servicer. A lender may contract with a third party to service its loans, but
      the servicing lender of record remains responsible for the quality and completeness of the servicing.
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim (whitespace-normalized) slice of §3555.251 subsection (b) from snapshot 60bd6fb03befa14c;
      substring-verified.
  judgment: false
- id: usda-7cfr-3555.251-c
  canonical_id: usda-7cfr-3555.251-c
  section: 7 CFR §3555.251(c)
  description: 'Servicing responsibility — (c): (c) Transfer of servicing. Rural Development may require a lender
    to transfer its loan servicing activities to an approved lender if Rural Development determines that the lender
    has failed to provide acceptable servicing.'
  type: do
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
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  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: 7 CFR Part 3555 — USDA Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program § 3555.251
    source_class: ecfr-xml
    source_url: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-7/subtitle-B/chapter-XXXV/part-3555
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    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
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    paragraph_quote: (c) Transfer of servicing. Rural Development may require a lender to transfer its loan servicing
      activities to an approved lender if Rural Development determines that the lender has failed to provide acceptable
      servicing.
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim (whitespace-normalized) slice of §3555.251 subsection (c) from snapshot 60bd6fb03befa14c;
      substring-verified.
  judgment: false
- id: usda-7cfr-3555.251-d
  canonical_id: usda-7cfr-3555.251-d
  section: 7 CFR §3555.251(d)
  description: 'Servicing responsibility — (d): (d) Non-compliance. Lenders who fail to comply with Agency requirements
    or program guidelines may be subject to withdrawal of lender approval, denial and/or reduction in loss claims,
    withdrawal of the loan guarantee and/or indemnification in accordance with &#xA7; 3555.108(d).'
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  tags:
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    authority: 7 CFR Part 3555 — USDA Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program § 3555.251
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    paragraph_quote: (d) Non-compliance. Lenders who fail to comply with Agency requirements or program guidelines
      may be subject to withdrawal of lender approval, denial and/or reduction in loss claims, withdrawal of the
      loan guarantee and/or indemnification in accordance with &#xA7; 3555.108(d).
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim (whitespace-normalized) slice of §3555.251 subsection (d) from snapshot 60bd6fb03befa14c;
      substring-verified.
  judgment: false
