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legal/us/code/title-12/chapter-34a/section-3349.md

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+title: "12 U.S.C. § 3349"
+description: "Violations in obtaining and performing appraisals in federally related transactions"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 12
+title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
+chapter_number: "34A"
+chapter_name: "APPRAISAL SUBCOMMITTEE OF FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS EXAMINATION COUNCIL"
+section: "3349"
+citation: "12 U.S.C. § 3349"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
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+---
+
+# 12 U.S.C. § 3349 - Violations in obtaining and performing appraisals in federally related transactions
+
+## Text
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+(a) Violations Except as authorized by the Appraisal Subcommittee in exercising its waiver authority pursuant to section 3348(b) of this title, it shall be a violation of this section—
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+(1) for a financial institution to seek, obtain, or give money or any other thing of value in exchange for the performance of an appraisal by a person who the institution knows is not a State certified or licensed appraiser in connection with a federally related transaction; and
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+(2) for the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or the Resolution Trust Corporation to knowingly contract for the performance of any appraisal by a person who is not a State certified or licensed appraiser in connection with a real estate related financial transaction defined in section 3350(5) of this title to which such association or corporation is a party.
+
+(b) Penalties A financial institution that violates subsection (a)(1) shall be subject to civil penalties under section 1818(i)(2) of this title or section 1786(k)(2) of this title, as appropriate.
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+(c) Proceeding A proceeding with respect to a violation of this section shall be an administrative proceeding which may be conducted by a Federal financial institutions regulatory agency in accordance with the procedures set forth in subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5.
+
+(Pub. L. 101–73, title XI, § 1120, Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 517.)