24 CFR § 200.71 - Liens.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s200.71"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "24 CFR § 200.71 - Liens."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "200.71"
section_name: "Liens."
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
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."
cfr_part: "200"
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# 200.71 Liens.

The project must be free and clear of all liens other than the insured mortgage, except that the property may be subject to an inferior lien as provided by terms and conditions established by the Commissioner for an inferior lien:

(a) Made or held by a Federal, State or local government instrumentality;

(b) Required in connection with: an operating loss loan insured pursuant to a section 223(d) of the Act; a supplemental loan insured pursuant to section 241 of the Act; or a mortgage to purchase or refinance an existing project pursuant to section 223(f) of the Act; or

(c) As otherwise provided by the Commissioner.