---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 U.S.C. § 2022"
title: "12"
title_heading: "Banks and Banking"
number: "2022"
heading: "Liens on stock"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/12/2022"
units:
  - "Chapter 23 — Farm Credit System"
  - "Subchapter I — Farm Credit Banks"
---

# §2022. Liens on stock


The Farm [Credit](/usc/12/5481.md?p=7) Banks shall have a first lien on the stock or participation certificates it issues for the payment of any liability of the stockholders to the bank.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 92–181, title I, § 1.14, as added Pub. L. 100–233, title IV, § 401, Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1629.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1.14 of Pub. L. 92–181 was classified to section 2032 of this title prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 100–233, § 401.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Pub. L. 100–233, title IV, § 401, Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1622, provided that this section is effective 6 months after Jan. 6, 1988.