12 CFR § 34.2 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s34.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "12 CFR § 34.2 - Definitions."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "34.2"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "34"
part_name: "REAL ESTATE LENDING AND APPRAISALS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "12 U.S.C. 1 25b, 29, 93a, 371, 1462a, 1463, 1464, 1465, 1701j-3, 1828(o), 3331 5101 5412(b)(2)(B) and 15 U.S.C. 1639h."
cfr_part: "34"
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# 34.2 Definitions.
(a) *Due-on-sale clause* means any clause that gives the lender or any assignee or transferee of the lender the power to declare the entire debt payable if all or part of the legal or equitable title or an equivalent contractual interest in the property securing the loan is transferred to another person, whether by deed, contract, or otherwise.
(b) *State* means any State of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Guam.
(c) *State law limitations* means any State statute, regulation, or order of any State agency, or judicial decision interpreting State law.