12 CFR § 307.1 - Scope and purpose.

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title: "12 CFR § 307.1 - Scope and purpose."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "307.1"
section_name: "Scope and purpose."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "PROCEDURE AND RULES OF PRACTICE"
part_number: "307"
part_name: "CERTIFICATION OF ASSUMPTION OF DEPOSITS AND NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES OF INSURED STATUS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "12 U.S.C. 1818(a)(6); 1818(q); and 1819(a) [Tenth]."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 8791, Feb. 21, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
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# 307.1 Scope and purpose.

(a) *Scope.* This Part applies to all insured depository institutions, as defined in section 3(c)(2) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDI Act) (12 U.S.C. 1813(c)(2)).

(b) *Purpose.* This Part sets forth the rules governing:

(1) The time and manner for providing certification to the FDIC regarding the assumption of all of the deposit liabilities of an insured depository institution by one or more insured depository institutions; and

(2) The notification that an insured depository institution shall provide its depositors when a depository institution's insured status is being voluntarily terminated without its deposits being assumed by one or more insured depository institutions.