24 CFR § 203.386 - Coverage of title evidence.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s203.386"
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title: "24 CFR § 203.386 - Coverage of title evidence."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "203.386"
section_name: "Coverage of title evidence."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING—FEDERAL HOUSING COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MORTGAGE AND LOAN INSURANCE PROGRAMS UNDER NATIONAL HOUSING ACT AND OTHER AUTHORITIES"
part_number: "203"
part_name: "SINGLE FAMILY MORTGAGE INSURANCE"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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authority: "12 U.S.C. 1707, 1709, 1710, 1715b, 1715z-16, 1715u, and 1715z-21; 15 U.S.C. 1639c; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "36 FR 24508, Dec. 22, 1971, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "203"
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# 203.386 Coverage of title evidence.

Evidence of title shall be executed as of a date to include the recordation of the deed to the Commissioner. The evidence of title shall show that according to the public records, there are not, at such date, any outstanding prior liens, including any past-due and unpaid ground rents, general taxes or special assessments.