[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2, Parts 700 to 1199]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
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[CITE: 5CFR835.604]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
 
PART 835--DEBT COLLECTION--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart F--Collection of Debts by Federal Tax Refund Offset
 
Sec. 835.604  Reasonable attempt to notify.

    In order to constitute a reasonable attempt to notify the debtor, 
OPM must have used a mailing address for the debtor obtained from the 
IRS pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 6103(m)(2) within a period of 1 year preceding 
the attempt to notify the debtor, unless OPM received clear and concise 
notification from the debtor that notices from the agency are to be sent 
to an address different from the address obtained from IRS. Clear and 
concise notice means that the debtor has provided the agency with 
written notification, including the debtor's name and identifying number 
(as defined in 26 CFR 301.6109-1), and the debtor's intent to have the 
agency notices sent to the new address.