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PUBLIC LAW 87-128-AUG. 8, 1961

(2) releases from personal liability may also be made with or without payment of any consideration at the time of adjustment of claims against— (A) borrowers who have transferred the security property to approved applicants under agreements assuming the outstanding secured indebtedness; (B) borrowers who have transferred the security property to approved applicants under agreements assuming that portion of the secured indebtedness equal to the current market value of the security property or transferred the security property to the Secretary; (C) borrowers who have transferred the security property to other than approved applicants under agreements assuming the full amount of, or that portion of the secured indebtedness equal to, the current market value of the security property on terms not to exceed five annual installments with interest on the unpaid balance at a rate determined by the Secretary; and (D) borrowers who transfer security property under subparagraphs (B) and (C) above for amounts less than the indebtedness secured thereby may be released from personal liability only on a determination by the Secretary that each such borrower has no reasonable debtpaying ability considering his assets and income at the time of the transfer and the county committee certifies that the borrower has cooperated in good faith, used due diligence to maintain the security property against loss, and has otherwise fulfilled the covenants incident to his loan to the best of his ability; (3) no compromise, adjustment, or reduction of claims shall be made upon terms more favorable than recommended by the appropriate county committee utilized pursuant to section 332 of this title; and (4) any claim which has been due and payable for five years or more, and where the debtor has no assets or no apparent future debt-paying ability from which the claim could be collected, or is deceased and has left no estate, or has been absent from his last known address for a period of at least five years, has no known assets, and his whereabouts cannot be ascertained without undue expense, may be charged off or released by the Secretary upon a report and favorable recommendation of the county committee and of the employee having charge of the claim, and any claim involving a principal balance of $150 or less may be charged off or released whenever it appears to the Secretary that further collection efforts would be ineffectual or likely to prove uneconomical; and (5) partial releases and subordination of mortgages may be granted either where the secured indebtedness remaining after the transaction will be adequately secured or the security interest of the Secretary will not be adversely affected, and the transaction and use of proceeds will further the purposes for which the loan was made, improve the borrower's debtpaying ability, permit payments on indebtedness owed to or insured by the Secretary, or permit payment of reasonable costs and expenses incident to the transaction, including taxes incident to or resulting from the transaction which the borrower is unable to pay from other sources: 64207 0-62—23

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