---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 30.23"
title: "34"
number: "30.23"
heading: "How must a debtor request an opportunity to inspect and copy records relating to a debt?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/30.23"
---

# §30.23. How must a debtor request an opportunity to inspect and copy records relating to a debt?

- (a) If a debtor wants to inspect and copy Department documents relating to the debt, the debtor must:
  - (1) File a written request to inspect and copy the documents within 20 days after the date of the notice provided under [§ 30.22](/cfr/34/30.22.md); and
  - (2) **File the request at the address specified in that notice.**
- (b) A request filed under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section must contain:
  - (1) All information provided to the debtor in the notice under [§ 30.22](/cfr/34/30.22.md) or [§ 30.33(b)](/cfr/34/30.33.md?p=b) that identifies the debtor and the debt, including the debtor's Social Security number and the program under which the debt arose, together with any corrections of that identifying information; and
  - (2) A reasonably specific identification of the records the debtor wishes to have available for inspection and copying.
- (c) The Secretary may decline to provide an opportunity to inspect and copy records if the debtor fails to request inspection and copying in accordance with this section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[51 FR 24099, July 1, 1986, as amended at 51 FR 35646, Oct. 7, 1986]

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3(a)(1), and 1226a-1, 31 U.S.C. 3711(e), 31 U.S.C. 3716(b) and 3720A, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 24099, July 1, 1986, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[51 FR 24099, July 1, 1986, as amended at 51 FR 35646, Oct. 7, 1986]