[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 14]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1956.97]

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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 1956--DEBT SETTLEMENT--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart B--Debt Settlement--Farm Loan Programs and Multi-Family Housing
 
Sec. 1956.97  Disposition of promissory notes.

    (a) Notes evidencing debts settled by completed adjustments, 
completed compromise with or without signature, or canceled with 
signature will be returned to the debtor or to the debtor's legal 
representative. The original and copies of notes will be stamped 
``Satisfied by Approved Compromise,'' ``Satisfied by Approved 
Cancellation,'' or ``Satisfied by Completed Adjustment Offer.'' In such 
cases, the security instrument(s) will be released of record according 
to State law.
    (b) Notes evidencing debts canceled without application will be 
placed in the debtor's case folder and disposed of pursant to FmHA or 
its successor agency under Public Law 103-354 Instruction 2033-A 
(available in any FmHA or its successor agency under Public Law 103-354 
office). However, if the debtor requests the notes, they may be stamped 
``Satisfied By Approved Cancellation'' and returned.
    (c) Notes evidencing charged off debts will be retained in the 
servicing

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office and will not be stamped or returned to the debtor. They will be 
destroyed six years after charged off pursuant to FmHA or its successor 
agency under Public Law 103-354 Instruction 2033-A (available in any 
FmHA or its successor agency under Public Law 103-354 office).
    (d) In case of a transfer of security with assumption for less than 
the debt, the promissory note will be attached to the assumption 
agreement covered by the note and kept in the transferee's file.

[56 FR 10147, Mar. 11, 1991. Redesignated and amended at 58 FR 21346, 
Apr. 21, 1993]