[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR30.61]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
PART 30--DEBT COLLECTION--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart E--What Costs and Penalties Does the Secretary Impose on 
                           Delinquent Debtors?
 
Sec.  30.61  What penalties does the Secretary impose on delinquent debtors?

    (a) If a debtor does not make a payment on a debt, or portion of a 
debt, within 90 days after the date specified in the first demand for 
payment sent to the debtor, the Secretary imposes a penalty on the 
debtor.
    (b)(1) The amount of the penalty imposed under paragraph (a) of this 
section is 6 percent per year of the amount of the delinquent debt.
    (2) The penalty imposed under this section runs from the date 
specified in the first demand for payment to the date the debt 
(including the penalty) is paid.
    (c) If a debtor has agreed under a repayment or settlement agreement 
with the Secretary to pay a penalty for failure to pay a debt when due, 
or has such an agreement under a grant or contract under which the debt 
arose, the Secretary collects the penalty in accordance with the 
agreement, grant, or contract.
    (d) The Secretary does not impose a penalty against State or local 
governments under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3(a)(1) and 1226a-1, 31 U.S.C. 3711(e))