[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 14]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1951.15]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER XVIII--RURAL HOUSING SERVICE, RURAL BUSINESS--COOPERATIVE 
SERVICE, RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, AND FARM SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF 
                         AGRICULTURE (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1951--SERVICING AND COLLECTIONS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart A--Account Servicing Policies
 
Sec. 1951.15  Return of paid-in-full or satisfied notes to borrower.

    (a) Notes not held in County Office. When the original of the note 
is not held in the County Office the County Supervisor will request the 
Finance Office to acquire and forward the note to the County Office.
    (b) Return of notes after collection. When a note (or loan-type 
account) evidencing an OL, EM, EE, EO, special livestock (SL), SW loan 
coded ``24'', or other production-type loan has been satisfied by 
payment in full, the County Supervisor will examine the borrower's 
records in the County Office and determine that the account has been 
satisfied before delivering the note to the borrower (See Sec. 1962.27 
of subpart A of part 1962 on the satisfaction of chattel security 
instruments). The note(s) will be returned to the borrower immediately 
except that:

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    (1) When the final payment is made in a form other than currency and 
coin, Treasury check, cashier's check, certified check, Postal or bank 
money order, bank draft, or a check issued by a responsible lending 
institution or a responsible title insurance or title and trust company, 
the note or notes will not be surrendered until 30 days after the date 
of final payment, and
    (2) When notes are needed in making marginal releases or 
satisfactions or security instruments, the notes will be held until the 
instruments are satisfied.
    (c) Surrender of notes to effect collection. (1) County Supervisors 
are authorized to surrender notes to borrowers when final payment of the 
amount due is made in the form of currency and coin, Treasury check, 
cashier's check, certified check, Postal or bank money order, bank 
draft, or a check issued by a responsible lending institution or a 
responsible title insurance or title trust company.
    (2) The amount due on the note(s) to be surrendered will be 
confirmed with the Finance Office. County Supervisors will request the 
original note(s) from the Finance Office if it is not in the County 
Office.
    (d) Return of notes reduced to judgment. Notes which have been 
reduced to judgment are a part of the court records and ordinarily 
cannot be withdrawn and returned to the borrower even after satisfaction 
of the judgment. Therefore, no effort will be made to obtain and return 
such notes except on the written request of the judgment debtor or 
debtor's attorney. Such requests will be referred to the Office of the 
General Counsel (OGC).
    (e) Debt settlement case. See subparts B or C of part 1956 of this 
chapter for the handling of notes in debt settlement cases.
    (f) Lost notes. (1) All promissory notes dated on or after 11-1-73 
are held in the County Office. A few notes (with the exception of OL 
notes) are still held by investors. If a note dated prior to 11-1-73 
cannot be located in the County Office and it is needed for servicing 
the case, the County Supervisor will write a memorandum to the Finance 
Office explaining why the note is needed. The request should give the 
name and case number of the borrower, date and original amount of the 
loan, type of loan and loan code.
    (2) If a promissory note is lost in the County Office and it is 
needed for servicing a case, the State Director may authorize the County 
Supervisor to execute an appropriate affidavit regarding the lost note. 
The form of such an affidavit will be provided by OGC.

[50 FR 45764, Nov. 1, 1985, as amended at 51 FR 45432, Dec. 18, 1986; 53 
FR 13100, Apr. 21, 1988; 56 FR 10147, Mar. 11, 1991]