# Civil Monetary Penalties
> **Rural Housing Service** · Final rule. · Published 2016-08-23 · Effective 2016-09-22 · 81 FR 57439
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-19954
- **Category:** rural-development
- **Sub-agency:** Rural Housing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 57439
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 3560
- **Publication date:** 2016-08-23
- **Effective date:** 2016-09-22
## Abstract

The Rural Housing Service (RHS or Agency) is implementing its civil monetary penalty provision. Currently, the Agency is limited to severe actions, such as acceleration and foreclosure, as a remedy for non-monetary compliance violations, actions that may not be in the best interest of the government. New Civil Monetary Penalties regulations will enable the Agency to target the non-monetary default issues and elicit compliance by the borrower without such a drastic step as foreclosure. By implementing procedures for Civil Monetary Penalties, the Agency will be provided an important tool to enforce compliance with the regulations.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/08/23/2016-19954/civil-monetary-penalties)
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