[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 227 (Monday, November 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58442-58443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28747]




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Part II





Department of Housing and Urban Development





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Office of the General Counsel; Notice of Application--Foreclosure 
Commissioners

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT


Office of the General Counsel Notice of Application--Foreclosure 
Commissioners

[Docket No. FR-3950-N-01]
AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of application--foreclosure commissioners.

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SUMMARY: This notice requests applications from parties who seek 
approval to act as foreclosure commissioners under the Single Family 
Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994 (the ``Act''), 12 U.S.C. 3751-3768.

DATES: Applications may be submitted after the publication of this 
notice to HUD's Field Assistant General Counsel serving the geographic 
area in which the party proposes to serve as commissioner. A listing of 
Field Assistant General Counsel is included at the end of this notice. 
Applications may not be submitted by facsimile (FAX).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bruce S. Albright, Office of General 
Counsel, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 9240, 
Washington, DC 20410, (202) 708-1272. A telecommunications device for 
the hearing impaired (TDD) is available at (202) 708-3259. (These are 
not toll free numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

    The information collection requirements contained in this notice 
have been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for 
emergency review and approval under section 3507 of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). The OMB control number 
under this section, when approved, will be announced by separate notice 
in the Federal Register.

Background

    Section 804 of the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994 
(the Act), 12 U.S.C. 3753, authorizes the Secretary of HUD (the 
Secretary) to exercise a statutory nonjudicial power of sale with 
respect to any single family mortgage held by the Secretary pursuant to 
Title I or Title II of the National Housing Act or securing a loan 
obligated under Section 312 of the Housing Act of 1964, as further 
described in Section 803 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 3752). Upon a 
determination that a defaulted Secretary-held mortgage should be 
foreclosed, the Act permits the Secretary to name a foreclosure 
commissioner to conduct the foreclosure and sale. The commissioner may 
be an individual (including an official of State or local government), 
a group of individuals, an association, a partnership, a corporation or 
an organization (12 U.S.C. 3752(7) and 12 U.S.C. 3754). The Act further 
provides that if the foreclosure commissioner is a natural person, he 
is to be a resident of the State in which the security property is 
located; if not a natural person, the designee must be authorized to 
transact business under the laws of the State in which the security 
property is located. In order to be designated a commissioner, a person 
must be responsible, financially sound and competent to conduct a 
foreclosure.
    The Secretary's power to designate a commissioner and to designate 
a substitute commissioner to replace a previously designated 
commissioner has been delegated to the HUD General Counsel. Regulations 
implementing the Act were published on November 15, 1995 (60 FR 57484).
    By this notice, the General Counsel invites applications from all 
qualified parties who wish to be designated as foreclosure 
commissioners. The requested information will be used to determine if 
an applicant is responsible, financially sound, and competent to 
conduct a foreclosure. Each party submitting an application will be 
notified if its application has been accepted or rejected. All parties 
whose applications are accepted will be placed on a list of designated 
commissioners approved to act in a specific geographic area. When HUD 
determines that a particular mortgage should be foreclosed under the 
Act, the case will be referred to a designated foreclosure commissioner 
for foreclosure. Designation as a commissioner, however, does not 
necessarily provide any assurance that all commissioners so designated 
will subsequently have cases referred by HUD for foreclosure. Also, in 
some States HUD may decide to continue to foreclose under State law or 
other Federal law.
    Each party seeking designation as a foreclosure commissioner must 
submit the current information, as listed below, to HUD's Field 
Assistant General Counsel serving the geographic area in which the 
party proposes to serve as commissioner. Those Field Assistant General 
Counsel are also listed below.

Current Information to be Submitted

    1. Name
    2. Business Address
    3. Geographic area in which the applicant wishes to conduct 
foreclosures. (List only States or areas in States in which the 
applicant is a resident or is duly authorized to transact business.)
    4. If the applicant is not a natural person, the names and business 
addresses of the people who would actually perform the commissioner's 
duties.
    5. Description of the applicant's experience in conducting mortgage 
foreclosures or in related activities which would qualify the applicant 
to serve as a foreclosure commissioner.
    6. Evidence of the applicant's financial responsibility.
    Any party that has been designated as a foreclosure commissioner 
for HUD-held multifamily mortgages may submit a letter to the 
appropriate Field Assistant General Counsel requesting designation as a 
foreclosure commissioner for single family mortgages. This letter of 
interest would be acceptable in lieu of the preceding information, 
unless any of the information requires updating.

Assistant General Counsel to Receive Applications

For Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and 
Vermont:

Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development, 
10 Causeway St., Room 375, Boston, Massachusetts 02222-1092.

For New Jersey and New York:

Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development, 
26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York 10278-0068.

For Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and 
Washington, D.C.:

Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development, 
100 Penn Square East--The Wanamaker Building, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania 19107-3390.

For Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, 
South Carolina, Tennessee and Puerto Rico:

Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development, 
75 Spring St. S.W.--Richard Russell Federal Bldg., Atlanta, Georgia 
30303-3388.

For Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin:

Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development, 
77 West Jackson Blvd.--Ralph Metcalfe Federal Bldg., Chicago, Illinois 
60604-3507. 

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For Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas:

Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development, 
1600 Throckmorton--P.O. Box 2905, Fort Worth, Texas 76113-2905.

For Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska:

Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development, 
400 State Avenue--Gateway Tower II, Kansas City, Kansas 66101-2406.

For Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming:

Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development, 
633 17th St.--First Interstate Tower North, Denver, Colorado 80202-
3607.

For Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada:

Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development, 
450 Golden Gate Ave.--Phillip Burton Federal Bldg., P.O. Box 36003, San 
Francisco, California 94102-3448.

For Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington:

Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development, 
909 1st Ave.--Seattle Federal Office Bldg., Seattle, Washington 98104-
1000.

    Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1715b, 12 U.S.C. 3751-3768, 42 U.S.C. 
3535(d).

    Dated: October 20, 1995.
Nelson A. Diaz,
General Counsel
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