---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 U.S.C. § 3711"
title: "12"
title_heading: "Banks and Banking"
number: "3711"
heading: "Foreclosure costs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/12/3711"
units:
  - "Chapter 38 — Multifamily Mortgage Foreclosure"
---

# §3711. Foreclosure costs


The following foreclosure costs shall be paid from the sale proceeds prior to satisfaction of any other claim to such sale proceeds:

- (1) necessary advertising costs and postage incurred in giving notice pursuant to sections [3708](/usc/12/3708.md) and [3710](/usc/12/3710.md) of this title;
- (2) mileage for posting notices and for the foreclosure commissioner’s attendance at the sale at the rate provided in [section 1921 of title 28](/usc/28/1921.md) for mileage by the most reasonable road distance;
- (3) reasonable and necessary costs actually incurred in connection with any necessary search of title and lien records;
- (4) necessary out-of-pocket costs incurred by the foreclosure commissioner to record documents; and
- (5) a commission for the foreclosure commissioner for the conduct of the foreclosure to the extent authorized by regulations issued by the [Secretary](/usc/12/3702.md?p=10).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 97–35, title III, § 369C, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 429.)