31 CFR § 901.11 - Use and disclosure of mailing addresses.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s901.11"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "31 CFR § 901.11 - Use and disclosure of mailing addresses."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "901.11"
section_name: "Use and disclosure of mailing addresses."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL CLAIMS COLLECTION STANDARDS (DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE)"
part_number: "901"
part_name: "STANDARDS FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE COLLECTION OF CLAIMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "31 U.S.C. 3701, 3711, 3716, 3717, 3718, and 3720B."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 70396, Nov. 22, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "901"
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# 901.11 Use and disclosure of mailing addresses.

(a) When attempting to locate a debtor in order to collect or compromise a debt under parts 900-904 of this chapter or other authority, agencies may send a request to the Secretary (or designee) to obtain a debtor's mailing address from the records of the Internal Revenue Service.

(b) Agencies are authorized to use mailing addresses obtained under paragraph (a) of this section to enforce collection of a delinquent debt and may disclose such mailing addresses to other agencies and to collection agencies for collection purposes.