12 CFR § 1215.15 - Conflicting court order.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s1215.15"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "12 CFR § 1215.15 - Conflicting court order."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "1215.15"
section_name: "Conflicting court order."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS"
part_number: "1215"
part_name: "PRODUCTION OF FHFA RECORDS, INFORMATION, AND EMPLOYEE TESTIMONY IN THIRD-PARTY LEGAL PROCEEDINGS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 12 U.S.C. 4526."
regulatory_source: "78 FR 39961, July 3, 2013, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1215"
---
# 1215.15 Conflicting court order.
Notwithstanding FHFA's rejection of a demand for records, information, or testimony, if a court or other competent authority orders an FHFA employee to comply with the demand, the employee must promptly notify FHFA's General Counsel of the order, and the employee must respectfully decline to comply, citing *United States ex rel. Touhy* v. *Ragen,* 340 U.S. 462 (1951). An employee's failure to notify the General Counsel of a court or other authority's order is grounds for discipline or other adverse action.