15 USC § 1681f - Disclosures to governmental agencies

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s1681f"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 1681f - Disclosures to governmental agencies"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "1681f"
section_name: "Disclosures to governmental agencies"
chapter_number: 41
chapter_name: "CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "CREDIT REPORTING AGENCIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–321, title VI, § 608, as added Pub. L. 91–508, title VI, § 601, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1131.)"
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# § 1681f. Disclosures to governmental agencies

section 1681b of this title

Notwithstanding the provisions of , a consumer reporting agency may furnish identifying information respecting any consumer, limited to his name, address, former addresses, places of employment, or former places of employment, to a governmental agency.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–321, title VI, § 608, as added Pub. L. 91–508, title VI, § 601, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1131.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective upon the expiration of one hundred and eighty days following , see , as added by , set out as a note under .