{"data":{"id":"us/12-cfr-1080.2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"12 CFR 1080.2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this part, unless explicitly stated to the contrary:\nBureau means the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.\nBureau investigation means any inquiry conducted by a Bureau investigator for the purpose of ascertaining whether any person is or has been engaged in any conduct that is a violation.\nBureau investigator means any attorney or investigator employed by the Bureau who is charged with the duty of enforcing or carrying into effect any Federal consumer financial law.\nCustodian means the custodian or any deputy custodian designated by the Bureau for the purpose of maintaining custody of information produced pursuant to this part.\nDirector means the Director of the Bureau or a person authorized to perform the functions of the Director in accordance with the law.\nDocumentary material means the original or any copy of any book, document, record, report, memorandum, paper, communication, tabulation, chart, log, electronic file, or other data or data compilation stored in any medium, including electronically stored information.\nDodd-Frank Act means the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, as amended, Public Law 111-203 (July 21, 2010), title X, codified at 12 U.S.C. 5481 et seq.\nElectronically stored information (ESI) means any information stored in any electronic medium from which information can be obtained either directly or, if necessary, after translation by the responding party into a reasonably usable form.\nPerson means an individual, partnership, company, corporation, association (incorporated or unincorporated), trust, estate, cooperative organization, or other entity.\nViolation means any act or omission that, if proved, would constitute a violation of any provision of Federal consumer financial law.","path":["Title 12—Banks and Banking","CHAPTER X—CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU","PART 1080—RULES RELATING TO INVESTIGATIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-12.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:16Z","sha256":"1e5171a77f6080f1f273bc23b7621657daca13acea828e519de345cf6debadc3","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/12-cfr-1080.1","next":"us/12-cfr-1080.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}