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Periodic Mortgage Insurance Premium Batch File Transmission Error Messages


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Listed below are descriptions of the transmission error messages that lenders and service bureaus may receive when submitting periodic (monthly) mortgage insurance premium payments directly to HUD through CPU to CPU batch file transmissions. Lenders and service bureaus are informed of batch file transmission errors through email communication from HUD and through the View Batch File Transmissions option on the Monthly Premiums menu of the FHA Connection. The list below is sorted by code number and does not include errors encountered by the Pay.gov collection service in the processing of payment transactions.


Code	Message Text	Description

B201	FL FORMAT ERR - REC TYPE 9 MISSING	The Deposit Total record (record type 9) was missing from the file and, therefore, the number of records in the file could not be verified.
B202	INPUT FILE EMPTY	The file did not contain any data.
B203	DUPLICATE FILE - FILE REJECTED	The content of the file was a duplicate of a file sent within the past 10 days. The Override Duplicate field of the Header record (record type 1) contained a value (either U or space) indicating duplicate files are to be rejected.
B204	FL FORMAT ERR - INV HDR RECORD	The Header record (record type 1) did not contain a Company Number of 00502.
B205	FL FORMAT ERR - NO HDR RECORD	The first record in the file was not a Header record (record type 1), as required. It must always be the first record in the file sent by the lender/service bureau.
B206	SQL ERR ON REC-DATE-SELECT	Not a lender/service bureau error.
B207	SQL ERR ON REC-DATE-SELECT	Not a lender/service bureau error.
B208	FL FORMAT ERR - MULTIPLE HEADER RECORDS	Multiple Header records (record type 1) were in the file. There must be one Header record per file sent by the lender/service bureau.
B209	record # FL FORMAT RECORD SEQUENCE ERROR	The record before the first Detail record (record type 6 - mortgagee header) in the file was not the Header record (record type 1).
B210	FL FORMAT ERR - NOT EOF AFTER REC TYPE 9 FORMAT ERR	The last record in the file was not the Deposit Total record (record type 9).
B211	record # FL FORMAT ERR - LST SUPPL MISSING	A Supplemental record (record type 4) was missing. Each Detail record (record type 6 - mortgagee header) in the file must be followed by a Supplemental record containing case-level payment information. To indicate the end of payments for the mortgagee (i.e., all Supplemental records were sent for a Detail record), there must be a Last Supplemental record with the value 9 in the Last Record Indicator field. -or- The record preceding the Deposit Control record (record type 8) must be the Last Supplemental record and have a value of 9 in the the Last Record Indicator field to indicate the end of payments for the mortgagee.
B212	FL FORMAT ERR - NO SUPPL RECORDS mortgagee ID	There were no Supplemental records (record type 4) for the Detail record (record type 6).
B213	record # FL FORMAT ERR - SUPPL REC SEQ ERR	The Supplemental record (record type 4) has an incorrect number in the Sequence Number of Overflow field (i.e., was not the next number in the sequence).
B215	FL FORMAT ERR - REC TYPE 8 MISSING	A Deposit Total record (record type 9) was not preceded by the Deposit Control record (record type 8).
B216	record # FL FORMAT ERR - INVALID REC TYPE	The record type was not one of the following: 1: Header 4: Supplemental 6: Detail 8: Deposit Control 9: Deposit Total
B217	NUMBER OF DEPOSITS MISMATCH	The Total Deposit Reports in the Deposit Control record (record type 8) did not equal the number of Detail records (record type 6) in the file.
B218	TOTAL DEPOSIT AMOUNT MISMATCH	The Total Deposit amount in the Deposit Control record (record type 8) did not equal the sum of the Total Transaction Amounts for all the Detail records (record type 6).
B219	TRL TOTAL RECORD COUNT MISMATCH	The Total Record count in the Deposit Total record (record type 9) did not equal the total number of all records in the file, inclusive of the 1, 8, and 9 records.
B220	SQL ERR ON CPU-BDETAIL INSERT	Not a lender/service bureau error.
B221	SQL ERR ON PGOV-PAYMENT NSRT	Not a lender/service bureau error.
B222	TOTAL AMOUNT TO PAY NOT NUMERIC mortgagee ID	The Total Transaction Amount in the Detail record (record type 6) was not numeric.
B223	ERROR GENERATING AGENCY TRACKING ID	Not a lender/service bureau error.
B225	record # AMOUNT TO PAY NOT NUMERIC	The Dollar Amount in the Supplemental record (record type 4) was not numeric. -or- Old format: The Dollar Amount in the Detail record (record type 6) was not numeric.
B226	record # AMOUNT TO PAY EXCEEDS MAX	The Dollar Amount in the Supplemental record (record type 4) exceeded the maximum payment amount. -or- Old format: Sum of the payment Dollar Amount for each FHA Case Number included in the Detail (record type 6) and Supplemental (record type 4) records exceeded the maximum payment amount.
B227	CASE PAYMTS NOT = TOT PAYMT AMT mortgagee ID	The accumulated Dollar Amounts in the Supplemental records (record type 4) did not equal the Total Transaction Amount in the Detail record (record type 6).
B228	record # FHA CASE NUMBER NOT NUMERIC	The FHA case number in the Supplemental record (record type 4) was not numeric. -or- Old format: The FHA case number in the Detail record (record type 6) was not numeric.
B229	DATA PROCESSING WORK FILE ERROR	Not a lender/service bureau error.
B234	record # MISSING MORTGAGEE HEADER RECORD	The record preceding this Supplemental record (record type 4) was a Last Supplemental record with the value 9 in the Last Record Indicator field. Therefore, there was no Detail record (record type 6) for this Supplemental record. -or- The record preceding this Supplemental record was a Header record (record type 1). Therefore, the Detail record for this Supplemental record was missing.
B235	DUPLICATE DEPOSIT FILE mortgagee ID	This was a duplicate payment for the mortgagee submitted via the batch process the same day or within the past 10 days. The Header record's Override Duplicate field contained a value (either C or space) indicating that duplicate payments/files should be rejected.
B236	USER NOT AUTHORIZED FOR ACCESS	User is not authorized to submit payments; system error.
B238	MORTGAGEE ID NOT FOUND mortgagee ID	The FHA ID of the mortgagee was not found in HUD's records and may be invalid.
B239	NO ACTIVE CASH FLOW FOR MORTGAGEE mortgagee ID	The mortgagee's cash flow account for the payment of monthly premiums is either not set up or does not currently have an active status.
B240	CANNOT VERIFY SECURITY ACCESS	Not a lender/service bureau error.
B241	USER NOT AUTH FOR MORTGAGEE ID mortgagee ID	The User ID does not have authorization to submit payments for this mortgagee ID.
B242	SQL ERR ON SCHEDULE NUM SLCT	Not a lender/service bureau error.
B243	SQL ERR ON CPU-BTCH-DET SLCT	Not a lender/service bureau error.
B244	SQL ERR ON FETCH PG-PAYMENT	Not a lender/service bureau error.
B246	DUP FILENAME SENT file name	A file with the same name was sent a second time.

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