[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 34CFR30.23]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
PART 30--DEBT COLLECTION--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart C--What Provisions Apply to Administrative Offset?
 
Sec. 30.23  How must a debtor request an opportunity to inspect and copy 
records relating to a debt?

    (a) If a debtor wants to inspect and copy Department documents 
relating to the debt, the debtor must:
    (1) File a written request to inspect and copy the documents within 
20 days after the date of the notice provided under Sec. 30.22; and
    (2) File the request at the address specified in that notice.
    (b) A request filed under paragraph (a) of this section must 
contain:
    (1) All information provided to the debtor in the notice under 
Sec. 30.22 or Sec. 30.33(b) that identifies the debtor and the debt, 
including the debtor's Social Security number and the program under 
which the debt arose, together with any corrections of that identifying 
information; and
    (2) A reasonably specific identification of the records the debtor 
wishes to have available for inspection and copying.
    (c) The Secretary may decline to provide an opportunity to inspect 
and copy records if the debtor fails to request inspection and copying 
in accordance with this section.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1880-0515)

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3(a)(1) and 1226a-1, 31 U.S.C. 3716(b))

[51 FR 24099, July 1, 1986, as amended at 51 FR 35646, Oct. 7, 1986]