---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 20.87"
title: "29"
number: "20.87"
heading: "Refunds."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/20.87"
---

# §20.87. Refunds.

- (a) Agencies shall promptly refund to the appropriate party amounts paid or deducted under this subpart when—
  - (1) A debt is waived or is otherwise not owing to the United States (unless refund is expressly prohibited by statute or regulation); or
  - (2) The employee's paying agency is directed by an administrative or judicial order to refund amounts deducted from his or her current pay.
- (b) **Refunds do not bear interest unless required or permitted by law or contract.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: 52 FR 3772, Feb. 5, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.; Subpart D is also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5514; Subpart E is also issued under 31 U.S.C. 3720A; Subpart F is also issued under 31 U.S.C. 3720D.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 5202, Feb. 6, 1985, unless otherwise noted.