{"data":{"id":"us/12-cfr-602.18","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"12 CFR 602.18","heading":"Definitions.","body":"Court means any entity conducting a legal proceeding.\nDemand means any order, subpoena, or other legal process for testimony or documents.\nDirect costs means FCA's costs to search for, review, and reproduce documents to respond to a request. Direct costs include the pro rated cost of the salary of the employee performing the work (based on the basic rate of pay plus 16 percent to cover benefits) and the cost of operating reproduction equipment.\nDocument means any record or other documentary materials, such as books, papers, maps, photographs, and machine-readable materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics (for example, electronic format) in our possession and control when we receive the request.\nEmployee means any present or former FCA employee, any present or former FCA Board member, any former Federal Farm Credit Board member, any present or former FCA-appointed receiver or conservator, and any present or former agent or contractor.\nFCA Counsel means the General Counsel, a Department of Justice attorney, or counsel authorized by FCA to act for the FCA or an employee.\nGeneral Counsel means the FCA's General Counsel or designee.\nLegal proceeding means any administrative, civil, or criminal proceeding, including a discovery proceeding, before a court when FCA is not a named party and has not instituted the legal proceeding.","path":["Title 12—Banks and Banking","CHAPTER VI—FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION","SUBCHAPTER A—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS","PART 602—RELEASING INFORMATION","Subpart D—Testimony and Production of Documents in Legal Proceedings in Which FCA is Not a Named Party"],"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":"b66da3b3582fe8589ea9dc028a4d0b20ed9a2950f6e1c301669ba9f783fd4229","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/12-cfr-602.17","next":"us/12-cfr-602.19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}