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12 CFR § 616.6700 - Stock purchase requirements.

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title: "12 CFR § 616.6700 - Stock purchase requirements."
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title_name: "Banks and Banking"
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section_name: "Stock purchase requirements."
chapter_name: "FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION"
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# 616.6700 Stock purchase requirements.

(a) Each System institution, except the Farm Credit Leasing Services Corporation, making an equipment lease under titles II or III of the Act must require the lessee to buy or own at least one share of stock or one participation certificate in the institution making the lease, in accordance with its bylaws.

(b) The disclosure requirements of § 615.5250(a) and (b) of this chapter apply to stock (or participation certificates) bought as a condition for obtaining a lease.