45 CFR 708.12
§ 708.12 Statute of limitations.
United States · 45 CFR — Public Welfare · Status: effective
Cite this
- Citation
- 45 CFR 708.12, § 708.12 Statute of limitations, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/219980
- Permanent ID
ys:prov:219980@1- SHA-256
db69cd8ea0df3aff2b5a12153ea43a12477c79fcb0c3d4f552d47b903f95eb7e
The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.
Full text
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.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.