---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 608.815"
title: "12"
number: "608.815"
heading: "Credit report."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/608.815"
---

# §608.815. Credit report.


In order to aid the FCA in making appropriate determinations regarding the collection and compromise of claims; the collection of charges for interest, administrative costs, and penalties; the use of administrative offset; the use of other collection methods; and the likelihood of collecting the claim, the FCA may institute, consistent with the provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ([15 U.S.C. 1681](/usc/15/1681.md), et seq.), a credit investigation of the debtor immediately following a determination that the claim exists.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 5.17 of the Farm Credit Act; 12 U.S.C. 2252; 31 U.S.C. 3701-3719; 5 U.S.C. 5514; 4 CFR parts 101-105; 5 CFR part 550.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 13187, Mar. 21, 1994, unless otherwise noted.