12 CFR § 797.14 - Requests for administrative offset from other federal agencies where NCUA is the paying agency.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s797.14"
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title: "12 CFR § 797.14 - Requests for administrative offset from other federal agencies where NCUA is the paying agency."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "797.14"
section_name: "Requests for administrative offset from other federal agencies where NCUA is the paying 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."
cfr_part: "797"
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# 797.14 Requests for administrative offset from other federal agencies where NCUA is the paying agency.

(a) Any agency may request that funds due and payable to a debtor by NCUA be administratively offset in order to collect a debt owed to such agency by the debtor.

(b) NCUA shall initiate the requested administrative offset only upon receipt of a written certification from the creditor agency that:

(1) The debtor owes the debt, including the amount and basis of the debt;

(2) The agency has prescribed regulations for the exercise of administrative offset; and

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