---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 1201.8"
title: "36"
number: "1201.8"
heading: "What action might NARA take to collect debts?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/1201.8"
---

# §1201.8. What action might NARA take to collect debts?

- (a) **There are a number of actions that NARA is permitted to take when attempting to collect debts.** These actions include:
  - (1) Salary, tax refund or administrative offset, or administrative wage garnishment (see subparts [C](/cfr/36/subpartC.md), [D](/cfr/36/subpartD.md), E, and F of this part respectively); or
  - (2) **Using the services of private collection contractors.**
- (b) In certain instances, usually after collection efforts have proven unsuccessful, NARA transfers debts to the Treasury for collection or refers them to the DOJ for litigation (see §§ [1201.10](/cfr/36/1201.10.md) and [1201.11](/cfr/36/1201.11.md)).

## 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.