---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 269b.121"
title: "12"
number: "269b.121"
heading: "Contents of answer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/269b.121"
---

# §269b.121. Contents of answer.


The answer shall contain:

- (a) A specific admission or denial, and where appropriate, explanation thereof; or if the respondent is without knowledge of the allegation, he shall so state and such statement shall operate as a denial. Admissions or denials may be to all or part of an allegation but shall be responsive to the substance of the allegation;
- (b) A specified, detailed statement of any affirmative defense;
- (c) A clear and concise statement of the facts and matters of law relied upon constituting the grounds of defense.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 11, 38 Stat. 261 (12 U.S.C. 248).

### Source

Source: 35 FR 8920, June 10, 1970, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 48 FR 32334, July 15, 1983.