12 USC § 2256 - Consent to the availability of reports and to examinations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s2256"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "12 USC § 2256 - Consent to the availability of reports and to examinations"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "2256"
section_name: "Consent to the availability of reports and to examinations"
chapter_number: 23
chapter_name: "FARM CREDIT SYSTEM"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION ORGANIZATION"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Farm Credit Administration Organization"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 92–181, title V, § 5.21, formerly § 5.22, Dec. 10, 1971, 85 Stat. 623; renumbered § 5.21, Pub. L. 99–205, title II, § 203(b), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1694.)"
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# § 2256. Consent to the availability of reports and to examinations

Any organization other than State banks, trust companies, and savings associations shall, as a condition precedent to securing discount privileges with a bank of the Farm Credit System, file with such bank its written consent to examination by farm credit examiners as may be directed by the Farm Credit Administration; and State banks, trust companies, and savings associations may be required in like manner to file a written consent that reports of their examination by constituted State authorities may be furnished by such authorities upon the request of the Farm Credit Administration.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 92–181, title V, § 5.21, formerly § 5.22, Dec. 10, 1971, 85 Stat. 623; renumbered § 5.21, Pub. L. 99–205, title II, § 203(b), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1694.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 5.21 of  was renumbered section 5.20 and is classified to .