PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981
95 STAT. 429
less than nine nor more than twenty-four days, in which case the commissioner shall serve a notice of default and foreclosure sale revised to recite that the foreclosure sale has been adjourned to a specified date and to include any corrections the foreclosure commissioner deems appropriate. Such notice shall be served by publication, mailing and posting in accordance with section 369, except that publication may be made on any of three separate days prior to the revised date of foreclosure sale, and mailing may be made at any time at least seven days prior to the date to which the foreclosure sale has been adjourned. FORECLOSURE COSTS
SEC. 369C. The following foreclosure costs shall be paid from the 12 USC 3711. 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 369 and 369B; (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, United States Code, 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. DISPOSITION OP SALE PROCEEDS
SEC. 369D. Money realized from a foreclosure sale shall be made 12 USC 3712. available for obligation and expenditure— (1) first to cover the costs of foreclosure provided for in section 369C; (2) then to pay valid tax liens or assessments prior to the mortgage; (3) then to pay any liens recorded prior to the recording of the mortgage which are required to be paid in conformity with the terms of sale in the notice of default and foreclosure sale; (4) then to service charges and advancements for taxes, assessments, and property insurance premiums; (5) then to the interest; (6) then to the principal balance secured by the mortgage (including expenditures for the necessary protection, preservation, and repair of the security property as authorized under the mortgage agreement and interest thereon if provided for in the mortgage agreement); and (7) then to late charges. Any surplus after payment of the foregoing shall be paid to holders of Surplus liens recorded after the mortgage and then to the appropriate Proceeds. mortgagor. If the person to whom such surplus is to be paid cannot be located, or if the surplus available is insufficient to pay all claimants and the claimants cannot agree on the allocation of the surplus, or if any person claiming an interest in the mortgage proceeds does not agree that some or all of the sale proceeds should be paid to a claimant as provided in this section, that part of the sale proceeds in question may be deposited by the foreclosure commissioner with an
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