5 CFR § 845.208 - Referral to a collection agency.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s845.208"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 845.208 - Referral to a collection agency."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "845.208"
section_name: "Referral to a collection agency."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "845"
part_name: "FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM—DEBT COLLECTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 8461."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 5931, Feb. 27, 1987; 52 FR 23014, June 17, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "845"
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# 845.208 Referral to a collection agency.

(a) OPM retains the responsibility for resolving disputes, compromising claims, referring the debt for litigation, or suspending or terminating collection action.

(b) OPM may refer certain debts to commercial collection agencies under the following conditions:

(1) All processing required by § 845.204 has been completed before the debt is released; and

(2) A contract for collection services has been negotiated.