24 CFR § 320.15 - Default.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s320.15"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "24 CFR § 320.15 - Default."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "320.15"
section_name: "Default."
chapter_name: "GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT"
part_number: "320"
part_name: "GUARANTY OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "12 U.S.C. 1721(g) and 1723a(a); and 42 U.S.C. 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "60 FR 42015, Aug. 14, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "320"
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# 320.15 Default.

(a) *Issuer default.* Any failure or inability of the issuer to make payments as due as well as such other events as may be identified by the Association and included in the applicable guaranty agreement, contractual agreement or MBS Guide, shall constitute a default of the issuer.

(b) *Action upon default.* Upon any default by the issuer, the Association may:

(1) Institute a claim against the issuer's insurance, bond or other coverage, as specified in § 320.11;

(2) Pursuant to section 306(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), extinguish all the right, title, or other interest of the issuer in the pooled mortgages; and

(3) Exercise such other rights and remedies as it may have.