5 CFR § 582.201 - Agent to receive process.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s582.201"
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title: "5 CFR § 582.201 - Agent to receive process."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "582.201"
section_name: "Agent to receive process."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "582"
part_name: "COMMERCIAL GARNISHMENT OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' PAY"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 5520a; 15 U.S.C. 1673; E.O. 12897; Sec. 582.102 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8336a and 8412a."
regulatory_source: "60 FR 13030, Mar. 10, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "582"
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# 582.201 Agent to receive process.

(a) Except as provided in appendix A to this part, appendix A to 5 CFR part 581 lists agents designated to accept service of process under part 581 and this part.

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