7 CFR § 1786.159 - Initial closing.

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title: "7 CFR § 1786.159 - Initial closing."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1786.159"
section_name: "Initial closing."
chapter_name: "RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "1786"
part_name: "PREPAYMENT OF RUS GUARANTEED AND INSURED LOANS TO ELECTRIC AND TELEPHONE BORROWERS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 901-950b; Title I, subtitle B, Pub. L. 99-509; Pub. L. 101-624, 104 Stat. 4051; Pub. L. 103-354, 108 Stat. 3178, (7 U.S.C. 6941 ), unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "55 FR 1145, Jan. 11, 1990, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1786.159 Initial closing.

(a) Upon receipt of the prepayment agreement, the borrower may submit, pursuant to the terms of the prepayment agreement, a closing request which shall request a closing date no less than 30 business days from the date of the request.

(b) The Government will respond to the borrower's closing request by delivering a preclosing notice to the borrower not less than 10 business days prior to the date which the Government, after reviewing the borrower's closing request, selects as a closing date.