45 CFR § 305.62 - Disregard of a failure which is of a technical nature.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s305.62"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "45 CFR § 305.62 - Disregard of a failure which is of a technical nature."
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "305.62"
section_name: "Disregard of a failure which is of a technical nature."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES, ADMINISTRATION OF FAMILIES AND SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
part_number: "305"
part_name: "PROGRAM PERFORMANCE MEASURES, STANDARDS, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, AND PENALTIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 609(a)(8), 652(a)(4) and (g), 658a, and 1302."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 82208, Dec. 27, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "305"
---


# 305.62 Disregard of a failure which is of a technical nature.

A State subject to a penalty under § 305.61(a)(1)(ii) or (iii) of this part may be determined, as appropriate, to have submitted adequate data or to have achieved substantial compliance with one or more IV-D requirements, as defined in § 305.63 of this part, if the Secretary determines that the incompleteness or unreliability of the data, or the noncompliance with one or more of the IV-D requirements, is of a technical nature which does not adversely affect the performance of the State's IV-D program or does not adversely affect the determination of the level of the State's paternity establishment or other performance measures percentages.