---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 17.97"
title: "24"
number: "17.97"
heading: "Review of departmental records related to the debt."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/17.97"
---

# §17.97. Review of departmental records related to the debt.

- (a) **Notification by employee.** An employee who intends to inspect or copy departmental records related to the debt must send a letter to the Secretary stating his or her intention. The letter must be received by the Secretary within 20 calendar days of the date of the Notice of Intent.
- (b) **Secretary's response.** In response to timely notice submitted by the debtor as described in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, the Secretary will notify the employee of the location and time when the employee may inspect and copy Department records related to the debt.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 76 FR 69045, Nov. 7, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 28 U.S.C. 2672; 31 U.S.C. 3711, 3716-18, 3721, and 5 U.S.C. 5514; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).