When must I receive a Closing Disclosure?
Short answer
By law, you must receive the Closing Disclosure at least three business days before closing. The form shows how much you will pay for the loan. Reverse mortgages, HELOCs, and certain other products use different closing documents and different timing.
Full explanation
The CFPB says that, by law, you must receive your at least three business days before closing. Read it carefully. It tells you how much you will pay for the loan.
Covered closed-end mortgages get the Closing Disclosure; reverse mortgages, HELOCs, non-real-estate manufactured-home loans, and some assistance-program subordinate loans do not. Those files use Truth-in-Lending disclosures. A reverse mortgage also uses a Good Faith Estimate plus a HUD-1 or HUD-1A. Those older settlement forms are not automatically mailed early, but a requested HUD-1 can be reviewed a full business day before closing.
The three-business-day Closing Disclosure rule is a current legal timing requirement. It should be confirmed against the official CFPB page before publication, and it should not be treated as advice about whether to delay or proceed with a particular closing.
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September 9, 2026