[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 3]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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

[CITE: 45CFR708.12]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                 CHAPTER VII--COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

 

PART 708_COLLECTION BY SALARY OFFSET FROM INDEBTED CURRENT AND FORMER 

EMPLOYEES--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 708.12  Statute of limitations.



    If a debt has been outstanding for more than 10 years after the 

agency's right to collect the debt first accrued, the agency may not 

collect by salary offset unless facts material to the government's right 

to collect were not known and could not reasonably have been known by 

the official or officials who were charged with the responsibility for 

discovery and collection of such debts.