31 CFR § 212.11 - Compliance and record retention.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s212.11"
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title: "31 CFR § 212.11 - Compliance and record retention."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "212.11"
section_name: "Compliance and record retention."
chapter_name: "FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE"
part_number: "212"
part_name: "GARNISHMENT OF ACCOUNTS CONTAINING FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 8346; 5 U.S.C. 8470; 5 U.S.C. 1103; 31 U.S.C. 321; 31 U.S.C. 3321; 31 U.S.C. 3332; 38 U.S.C. 5301(a); 38 U.S.C. 501(a); 42 U.S.C. 405(a); 42 U.S.C. 407; 42 U.S.C. 659; 42 U.S.C. 1383(d)(1); 45 U.S.C. 231f(b); 45 U.S.C. 231m; 45 U.S.C. 352(e); 45 U.S.C. 362(1)."
regulatory_source: "76 FR 9955, Feb. 23, 2011, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "212"
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# 212.11 Compliance and record retention.

(a) *Enforcement.* Federal banking agencies will enforce compliance with this part.

(b) *Record retention.* A financial institution shall maintain records of account activity and actions taken in response to a garnishment order, sufficient to demonstrate compliance with this part, for a period of not less than two years from the date on which the financial institution receives the garnishment order.