---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 1.918"
title: "38"
number: "1.918"
heading: "Use and disclosure of mailing addresses."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/1.918"
---

# §1.918. Use and disclosure of mailing addresses.

- (a) When attempting to locate a debtor in order to compromise or collect a debt in accordance with [§§ 1.900 through 1.953](/cfr/38/1.900..1.953.md), VA may send a request to the Secretary of the Treasury, or his/her designee, in order to obtain the debtor's most current mailing address from the records of the Internal Revenue Service.
- (b) VA is authorized to use mailing addresses obtained under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section to enforce collection of a delinquent debt and may disclose such mailing addresses to other agencies and to collection agencies for collection purposes.

## Notes

### Amendments

[52 FR 42108, Nov. 3, 1987. Redesignated and amended at 69 FR 62196, Oct. 25, 2004]

### Authority

Authority: Sections 1.900 through 1.953 are issued under the authority of 31 U.S.C. 3711 through 3720E; 38 U.S.C. 501, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 32 FR 2613, Feb. 8, 1967, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 33944, Aug. 12, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[52 FR 42108, Nov. 3, 1987. Redesignated and amended at 69 FR 62196, Oct. 25, 2004]