[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[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

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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.