49 CFR § 1017.12 - Statute of limitations.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s1017.12"
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title: "49 CFR § 1017.12 - Statute of limitations."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "1017.12"
section_name: "Statute of limitations."
chapter_name: "SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS"
part_number: "1017"
part_name: "DEBT COLLECTION—COLLECTION BY OFFSET FROM INDEBTED GOVERNMENT AND FORMER GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "31 U.S.C. 3716, 5 U.S.C. 5514; Pub. L. 97-365; 31 CFR parts 900-904; 5 CFR part 550."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 32333, July 16, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1017.12 Statute of limitations.

If a debt has been outstanding for more than 10 years after the agency's right to collect the debt first accrued, the agency may not collect by salary offset unless facts material to the Government's right to collect were not known and could not reasonably have been known by the official or officials who were charged with the responsibility for discovery and collection of such debts.