12 CFR § 339.6 - Required use of standard flood hazard determination form.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s339.6"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "12 CFR § 339.6 - Required use of standard flood hazard determination form."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "339.6"
section_name: "Required use of standard flood hazard determination form."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS AND STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY"
part_number: "339"
part_name: "LOANS IN AREAS HAVING SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARDS"
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. 1462a, 1463, 1464, 1819 (Tenth), 5412(b)(2)(C) and 42 U.S.C. 4012a, 4104a, 4104b, 4106, and 4128."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 43249, July 21, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "339"
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# 339.6 Required use of standard flood hazard determination form.

(a) *Use of form.* An FDIC-supervised institution shall use the standard flood hazard determination form developed by the Administrator of FEMA when determining whether the building or mobile home offered as collateral security for a loan is or will be located in a special flood hazard area in which flood insurance is available under the Act. The standard flood hazard determination form may be used in a printed, computerized, or electronic manner. An FDIC-supervised institution may obtain the standard flood hazard determination form from FEMA's Web site at *www.fema.gov.*

(b) *Retention of form.* An FDIC-supervised institution shall retain a copy of the completed standard flood hazard determination form, in either hard copy or electronic form, for the period of time the FDIC-supervised institution owns the loan.