---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 1201.21"
title: "36"
number: "1201.21"
heading: "May NARA's failure to comply with these regulations be used as a defense to a debt?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/1201.21"
---

# §1201.21. May NARA's failure to comply with these regulations be used as a defense to a debt?


No, the failure of NARA to comply with any standard in the FCCS or these regulations will not be available to any debtor as a defense.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5514; 31 U.S.C. 3701-3720A, 3720D; 44 U.S.C. 2104(a).

### Source

Source: 67 FR 44757, July 5, 2002, unless otherwise noted.