---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 207.257"
title: "24"
number: "207.257"
heading: "Commissioner's right to require acceleration."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/207.257"
---

# §207.257. Commissioner's right to require acceleration.


Upon receipt of notice of violation of a covenant, as provided for in [§ 207.256(b)](/cfr/24/207.256.md?p=b), or otherwise being apprised of the violation of a covenant, the Commissioner reserves the right to require the mortgagee to accelerate payment of the outstanding principal balance due in order to protect the interests of the Commissioner.


## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 24371, May 2, 2011]

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1701z-11(e), 1709(c)(1), 1713, 1715(b), and 1735d; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

### Source

Source: 36 FR 24537, Dec. 22, 1971, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[76 FR 24371, May 2, 2011]