24 CFR § 200.162 - Certificates of claim.

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title: "24 CFR § 200.162 - Certificates of claim."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "200.162"
section_name: "Certificates of claim."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING—FEDERAL HOUSING COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "200"
part_name: "INTRODUCTION TO FHA PROGRAMS"
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authority: "12 U.S.C. 1702-1715z-21; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "36 FR 24467, Dec. 22, 1971, unless otherwise noted."
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# 200.162 Certificates of claim.

The certificate of claim issued to the mortgagee at the time debentures are issued constitutes an agreement by the FHA that after the FHA has recovered its investment in a particular property any excess over and above such investment is available for payment on the certificate of claim. Certificates of claim bear interest at the rate of 3 percent per annum.