---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 81.45"
title: "34"
number: "81.45"
heading: "Collection of claims."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/81.45"
---

# §81.45. Collection of claims.

- (a) An authorized Departmental official collects a claim established under this subpart by using the standards and procedures in [34 CFR part 30](/cfr/34/part30.md).
- (b) A claim established under this subpart may be collected—
  - (1) 30 days after a recipient receives notice of a disallowance decision if the recipient fails to file an acceptable application for review under [§ 81.37](/cfr/34/81.37.md); or
  - (2) On the date of the final decision of the Department under [§ 81.44](/cfr/34/81.44.md) if the recipient obtains review of a disallowance decision.
- (c) The Department takes no collection action pending judicial review of a final decision of the Department under [section 458](/cfr/34/458.md) of GEPA.
- (d) If a recipient obtains review of a disallowance decision under [§ 81.38](/cfr/34/81.38.md), the Department does not collect interest on the claim for the period between the date of the disallowance decision and the date of the final decision of the Department under [§ 81.44](/cfr/34/81.44.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[54 FR 19512, May 5, 1989. Redesignated and amended at 58 FR 43473, Aug. 16, 1993]

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3, 1234-1234i, and 3474(a), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 54 FR 19512, May 5, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[54 FR 19512, May 5, 1989. Redesignated and amended at 58 FR 43473, Aug. 16, 1993]