[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 44, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 44CFR11.36]



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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE

 

 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

                                SECURITY

 

PART 11_CLAIMS--Table of Contents

 

     Subpart C_Collection of Debts by the Government Under the Debt 

                         Collection Act of 1982

 

Sec. 11.36  Debt collection files.



    Each DCO is responsible for obtaining current credit data about each 

person against whom a debt is pending in his office. The files shall be 

kept up-to-date by the ACO for claims referred to his/her office for 

collection. Such credit data may take the form of:

    (a) A commercial credit report, showing the debtor's assets and 

liabilities and his income and expenses,

    (b) The individual debtor's own financial statement, executed under 

penalty for false claim, reflecting his assets and liabilities and his 

income and expenses, or

    (c) An audited balance sheet of a corporate debtor.



The file should also contain a checklist or brief summary of action 

taken to collect or compromise a debt. All debts files relating to debts 

owed by individuals are to be safeguarded in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

552a, popularly known as the ``Privacy Act of 1974''; 31 U.S.C. 3711 et 

seq., popularly known at the ``Debt Collection Act of 1982''; 44 CFR 

part 6 and this subpart. Each DCO is responsible for maintaining files 

on debtors with information sufficient to enable the Government to 

effectuate administrative or judicial collection.



(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 

3067-0122)



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