5 CFR § 581.201 - Agent to receive process.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s581.201"
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title: "5 CFR § 581.201 - Agent to receive process."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "581.201"
section_name: "Agent to receive process."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "581"
part_name: "PROCESSING GARNISHMENT ORDERS FOR CHILD SUPPORT AND/OR ALIMONY"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 659; 15 U.S.C. 1673; E.O. 12105 (43 FR 59465 and 3 CFR 262)(1979). Secs. 581.102 and 581.306 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8336a and 8412a."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 85667, Dec. 30, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
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# 581.201 Agent to receive process.

(a) Appendix A to this part lists agents designated to accept service of process.

(b) The head of each governmental entity shall submit to the Office of the General Counsel, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415, for publication in appendix A to this part, the following information concerning the agent(s) designated to accept service of process:

(1) Title;

(2) Mailing address;

(3) Telephone number; and

(4) Geographical area or region, if applicable.

(c) United States Attorneys are not considered appropriate agents to accept service of process.

[45 FR 85667, Dec. 30, 1980, as amended at 55 FR 1356, Jan. 16, 1990]