12 CFR § 617.7005 - When may electronic communications be used in the borrower rights process?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s617.7005"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "12 CFR § 617.7005 - When may electronic communications be used in the borrower rights process?"
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "617.7005"
section_name: "When may electronic communications be used in the borrower rights process?"
chapter_name: "FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FARM CREDIT SYSTEM"
part_number: "617"
part_name: "BORROWER RIGHTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 4.13, 4.13A, 4.13B, 4.14, 4.14A, 4.14C, 4.14D, 4.14E, 4.36, 5.9, 5.17 of the Farm Credit Act (12 U.S.C. 2199, 2200, 2201, 2202, 2202a, 2202c, 2202d, 2202e, 2219a, 2243, 2252)."
regulatory_source: "69 FR 10907, 10908, Mar. 9, 2004, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "617"
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# 617.7005 When may electronic communications be used in the borrower rights process?

Qualified lenders may use, with the parties' agreement, electronic commerce (E-commerce), including electronic communications for borrower rights disclosures. Part 609 of this chapter addresses when a qualified lender may use E-commerce. Consistent with these rules, a qualified lender should interpret part 617 broadly to allow electronic transmissions, communications, records, and submissions. However, electronic communications may not be used for a notice of default, acceleration, repossession, foreclosure, eviction, or the right to cure when a borrower's primary residence secures the loan. In these instances, a qualified lender must use paper disclosures.