24 CFR § 220.814 - Election of action.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s220.814"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "24 CFR § 220.814 - Election of action."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "220.814"
section_name: "Election of action."
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: "220"
part_name: "MORTGAGE INSURANCE AND INSURED IMPROVEMENT LOANS FOR URBAN RENEWAL AND CONCENTRATED DEVELOPMENT AREAS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "12 U.S.C. 1713, 1715b, 1715k, and 1735d; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "36 FR 24573, Dec. 22, 1971, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "220"
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# 220.814 Election of action.
Where a real estate mortgage, deed of trust, conditional sales contract, chattel mortgage, lien, judgment, or any other security device has been used to secure the payment of a loan made under the provisions of this section, the lender may not, except with the approval of the Commissioner, both proceed against such security and also make claim under its contract of insurance, but shall elect which method it desires to pursue.