FNMA Servicing Guide E-1 — Referring Default-Related Legal Matters and Non-Routine Litigation to Law Firms

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Servicing Guide Chapter E-1 sets requirements when referring default-related legal matters to law firms.

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  authority: FNMA Servicing Guide E-1 — Referring Default-Related Legal Matters and Non-Routine Litigation to Law Firms
  description: |
    Servicing Guide Chapter E-1 sets requirements when referring default-related legal matters to law firms.
obligations:
  - id: fnma-svc-e-1-refer-to-retained-counsel-only
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    section: FNMA Servicing Guide E-1.1-01 — General Requirements for Referring a Mortgage Loan to a Law Firm
    description: |
      [LENDER] must send each default-related legal referral to a law firm
      that has been selected and retained for the jurisdiction under the
      requirements set forth in A4-2.2-01, Selecting and Retaining Law Firms.
    type: do
    audit_question: For every default-related legal referral on a Fannie Mae mortgage loan, can [LENDER] evidence that the referred law firm was selected and retained for the jurisdiction under A4-2.2-01?
    program_review: Does the program ensure each default-related legal referral goes to a law firm selected/retained for the jurisdiction under A4-2.2-01?
    file_review: For default-related referrals, confirm the law firm was retained for the jurisdiction under A4-2.2-01.
    judgment: false
    feeds: []
    workflow_phase: servicing
    owner_role: foreclosure_specialist
    secondary_owner_role: compliance_officer
    cadence: per-event
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      - fnma
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      - retained-counsel
      - promoted
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      paragraph_quote: Send the referral to a law ﬁrm that has been selected and retained for the jurisdiction under the
      drafter_attestation: |
        Copied verbatim from FNMA Servicing Guide snapshot cf63a82bbb4adfba (chapter E-1) at 2026-05-22.
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    section: FNMA Servicing Guide E-1.1-02 — Required Referral Documents
    description: |
      [LENDER] must institute a process to request the necessary documents
      from the document custodian no later than the 95th day of delinquency
      in order to ensure that these documents are available at the time of
      referral to the law firm for default-related legal services.
    type: do
    audit_question: For every Fannie Mae mortgage loan headed toward a default-related legal referral, can [LENDER] evidence a process that requests necessary documents (note, allonge, etc.) from the document custodian no later than the 95th day of delinquency?
    program_review: Does the program operate a process to request necessary documents from the document custodian no later than day 95 of delinquency, so they are available at referral?
    file_review: For loans heading to legal referral, confirm the document-custodian request was initiated no later than day 95 of delinquency.
    judgment: false
    feeds: []
    workflow_phase: servicing
    owner_role: foreclosure_specialist
    secondary_owner_role: default_servicing_analyst
    cadence: per-default-event
    consequence: ''
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      - fnma
      - servicing-guide
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      paragraph_quote: The servicer must institute a process to request the necessary documents from the document custodian no later
      drafter_attestation: |
        Copied verbatim from FNMA Servicing Guide snapshot cf63a82bbb4adfba (chapter E-1) at 2026-05-22.
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Verbatim regulatory text (2)

Verbatim provisions from FNMA Servicing Guide E-1 — Referring Default-Related Legal Matters and Non-Routine Litigation to Law Firms — each quote is a verified substring of the regulator-published source snapshot, not retyped. Quoted for reference; this is not legal advice. The operational layer (P&P updates, prompts) lives in the regulation update kits.

FNMA Servicing Guide E-1.1-01 — General Requirements for Referring a Mortgage Loan to a Law Firm

Send the referral to a law ﬁrm that has been selected and retained for the jurisdiction under the

Source: FNMA Servicing Guide E-1.1-01 · source URL · snapshot cf63a82bbb4adfba

FNMA Servicing Guide E-1.1-02 — Required Referral Documents

The servicer must institute a process to request the necessary documents from the document custodian no later

Source: FNMA Servicing Guide E-1.1-02 · source URL · snapshot cf63a82bbb4adfba