5 CFR § 179.211 - Notice of salary offset.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s179.211"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 179.211 - Notice of salary offset."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "179.211"
section_name: "Notice of salary offset."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "179"
part_name: "CLAIMS COLLECTION STANDARDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "31 U.S.C. 952; 5 U.S.C. 1103; Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978; 5 U.S.C. 5514; 5 CFR part 550 subpart K; 31 U.S.C. 3701; 31 U.S.C. 3711; 31 U.S.C. 3716; 31 U.S.C. 3720A."
cfr_part: "179"
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# 179.211 Notice of salary offset.
(a) Upon receipt of proper certification from a creditor agency, the OPM payroll office will send the OPM employee, identified in the certification as the debtor, a written notice of salary offset. Such notice shall, at a minimum:
(1) State that OPM has received a properly certified debt claim from a creditor agency;
(2) Contain a copy of the certification received from the creditor agency;
(3) Advise the employee that salary offset will be initiated at the next officially established pay interval; and
(4) State the amount of the claim and amount of deductions.
(b) The payroll office shall provide a copy of the notice to the creditor agency and advise such agency of the dollar amount to be offset and the pay period when the offset will begin.