12 CFR § 797.13 - Requests for administrative offset where NCUA is the creditor agency.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s797.13"
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title: "12 CFR § 797.13 - Requests for administrative offset where NCUA is the creditor agency."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "797.13"
section_name: "Requests for administrative offset where NCUA is the creditor agency."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS AFFECTING THE OPERATIONS OF THE NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "797"
part_name: "PROCEDURES FOR DEBT COLLECTION"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "12 U.S.C. 1752a; 5 U.S.C. 5514; 31 U.S.C. 3711, 3716, 3720A, 3720D."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 11341, Mar. 3, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
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# 797.13 Requests for administrative offset where NCUA is the creditor agency.

(a) NCUA may request that a debt owed to NCUA be collected by administrative offset against funds due and payable to a debtor by another agency.

(b) In requesting administrative offset, NCUA, as creditor, shall certify in writing to the agency holding funds of the debtor:

(1) That the debtor owes the debt;

(2) The amount and basis of the debt; and

(3) That NCUA has complied with the requirements of its own administrative offset regulations and the applicable provisions of the FCCS with respect to providing the debtor with due process.