# Debt Cancellation Contracts and Debt Suspension Agreements
> **OCC** · Final rule. · Published 2002-09-19 · Effective 2003-06-16 · 67 FR 58962
## Document
- **Document number:** 02-23765
- **Category:** banking-occ
- **Sub-agency:** OCC
- **Federal Register citation:** 67 FR 58962
- **CFR reference:** 12 CFR 7
- **Publication date:** 2002-09-19
- **Effective date:** 2003-06-16
- **Treasury docket:** Docket No. 02-14
## Abstract

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is adding a new part 37 to its regulations that addresses debt cancellation contracts (DCCs) and debt suspension agreements (DSAs). The purpose of the final rule is to establish standards governing these products in order to ensure that national banks provide such products consistent with safe and sound banking practices and subject to appropriate consumer protections.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/09/19/02-23765/debt-cancellation-contracts-and-debt-suspension-agreements)
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