---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 1208.32"
title: "12"
number: "1208.32"
heading: "Request from a creditor agency for the services of a hearing official."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/1208.32"
---

# §1208.32. Request from a creditor agency for the services of a hearing official.

- (a) FHFA may provide qualified personnel to serve as hearing officials upon request of a creditor agency when:
  - (1) The debtor is employed by FHFA and the creditor agency cannot provide a prompt and appropriate hearing before a hearing official furnished pursuant to another lawful arrangement; or
  - (2) **The debtor is employed by the creditor agency and that agency cannot arrange for a hearing official.**
- (b) Services provided by FHFA to creditor agencies under this section shall be provided on a fully reimbursable basis pursuant to [31 U.S.C. 1535](/usc/31/1535.md), or other applicable authority.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5514; 12 U.S.C. 4526; 26 U.S.C. 6402(d); 31 U.S.C. 3701-3720D; 31 CFR 285.2; 31 CFR Chapter IX.