# 12 C.F.R. § 1511.2 (2026): Law governing rights and obligations of the Funding Corporation and Federal Reserve Banks; rights of any Person against the Funding Corporation and the Federal Reserve Banks

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## Section

- **Citation:** 12 C.F.R. § 1511.2 (2026)
- **Heading:** Law governing rights and obligations of the Funding Corporation and Federal Reserve Banks; rights of any Person against the Funding Corporation and the Federal Reserve Banks
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Title 12 CFR: Banks and Banking / Chapter XV: DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY / Part 1511: BOOK-ENTRY PROCEDURE / § 1511.2: § 1511.2   Law governing rights and obligations of the Funding Corporation and Federal Reserve Banks › rights of any Person against the Funding Corporation and the Federal Reserve Banks.

## Text

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, the following are governed solely by the regulations contained in this part 1511, the Securities Documentation and Federal Reserve Bank Operating Circulars:
(1) The rights and obligations of the Funding Corporation and the Federal Reserve Banks with respect to:
(i) A Book-entry Funding Corporation Security or Security Entitlement; and
(ii) The operation of the Book-entry System as it applies to Funding Corporation Securities; and
(2) The rights of any Person, including a Participant, against the Funding Corporation and the Federal Reserve Banks with respect to:
(i) A Book-entry Funding Corporation Security or Security Entitlement; and
(ii) The operation of the Book-entry System as it applies to Funding Corporation Securities.
(b) A security interest in a Security Entitlement that is in favor of a Federal Reserve Bank from a Participant and that is not recorded on the books of a Federal Reserve Bank pursuant to § 1511.4(c)(1), is governed by the law (not including the conflict-of-law rules) of the jurisdiction where the head office of the Federal Reserve Bank maintaining the Participant's Securities Account is located. A security interest in a Security Entitlement that is in favor of a Federal Reserve Bank from a Person that is not a Participant, and that is not recorded on the books of a Federal Reserve Bank pursuant to § 1511.4(c)(1), is governed by the law determined in the manner specified in § 1511.3.
(c) If the jurisdiction specified in the first sentence of paragraph (b) of this section is a State that has not adopted Revised Article 8 (incorporated by reference, see § 1511.1), then the law specified in paragraph (b) shall be the law of that State as though Revised Article 8 had been adopted by that State.

## Nearby sections

- [12 C.F.R. § 1511.0 (2026) § 1511.0   Applicability.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T12_P1511_S1511_0.md)
- [12 C.F.R. § 1511.1 (2026) § 1511.1   Definitions of terms.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T12_P1511_S1511_1.md)
- [12 C.F.R. § 1511.2 (2026) § 1511.2   Law governing rights and obligations of the Funding Corporation and Federal Reserve Banks; rights of any Person against the Funding Corporation and the Federal Reserve Banks.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T12_P1511_S1511_2.md)
- [12 C.F.R. § 1511.3 (2026) § 1511.3   Law governing other interests.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T12_P1511_S1511_3.md)
- [12 C.F.R. § 1511.4 (2026) § 1511.4   Creation of Participant's Security Entitlement; security interests.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T12_P1511_S1511_4.md)
- [12 C.F.R. § 1511.5 (2026) § 1511.5   Obligations of Funding Corporation; no adverse claims.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T12_P1511_S1511_5.md)
- [12 C.F.R. § 1511.6 (2026) § 1511.6   Authority of Federal Reserve Banks.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T12_P1511_S1511_6.md)
- [12 C.F.R. § 1511.7 (2026) § 1511.7   Liability of the Funding Corporation and Federal Reserve Banks.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T12_P1511_S1511_7.md)
- [12 C.F.R. § 1511.8 (2026) § 1511.8   Notice of attachment.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T12_P1511_S1511_8.md)

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