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    <CFRTITLE>12</CFRTITLE>
    <CFRTITLETEXT>Banks and Banking</CFRTITLETEXT>
    <VOL>7</VOL>
    <DATE>2007-01-01</DATE>
    <ORIGINALDATE>2007-01-01</ORIGINALDATE>
    <COVERONLY>false</COVERONLY>
    <TITLE>Banks as secured creditors.</TITLE>
    <GRANULENUM>950.8</GRANULENUM>
    <HEADING>Section 950.8</HEADING>
    <ANCESTORS>
      <PARENT HEADING="Title 12" SEQ="4">Banks and Banking</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="CHAPTER IX" SEQ="3">FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE BOARD</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="SUBCHAPTER G" SEQ="2">FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK ASSETS AND OFF-BALANCE SHEET ITEMS</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="PART 950" SEQ="1">ADVANCES</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="Subpart A" SEQ="0">Advances to Members</PARENT>
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    <SECTNO>§ 950.8</SECTNO>
    <SUBJECT>Banks as secured creditors.</SUBJECT>
    <P>(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any security interest granted to a Bank by a member, or by an affiliate of a member, shall be entitled to priority over the claims and rights of any party, including any receiver, conservator, trustee or similar party having rights of a lien creditor, to such collateral.</P>
    <P>(b) A Bank's security interest as described in paragraph (a) of this section shall not be entitled to priority over the claims and rights of a party that:</P>
    <P>(1) Would be entitled to priority under otherwise applicable law; and</P>
    <P>(2) Is an actual bona fide purchaser for value of such collateral or is an actual secured party whose security interest in such collateral is perfected in accordance with applicable state law.</P>
    <CITA>[58 FR 29469, May 20, 1993. Redesignated at 65 FR 8256, Feb. 18, 2000 and further redesignated at 65 FR 44429, July 18, 2000, as amended at 67 FR 12851, Mar. 20, 2002]</CITA>
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