---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 C.F.R. § 492.1"
title: "39"
number: "492.1"
heading: "Collection of delinquent non-tax debts by administrative wage garnishment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/39/492.1"
---

# §492.1. Collection of delinquent non-tax debts by administrative wage garnishment.

- (a) This section provides procedures for the Postal Service to collect money from a debtor's disposable pay by means of administrative wage garnishment, in accordance with 31 U.S.C. [3720D](/usc/31/3720D.md) and [31](/usc/31/31.md) CFR 285.11, to satisfy delinquent nontax debt owed to the United States.
- (b) **The Postal Service authorizes the U.** S. Department of the Treasury Bureau of the Fiscal Service or its successor entity to collect debts by administrative wage garnishment, and conduct administrative wage garnishment hearings, on behalf of the Postal Service in accordance with the requirements of [31 U.S.C. 3720D](/usc/31/3720D.md) and the procedures contained in [31 CFR 285.11](/cfr/31/285.11.md).
- (c) The Postal Service adopts the provisions of [31 CFR 285.11](/cfr/31/285.11.md) in their entirety. The provisions of [31 CFR 285.11](/cfr/31/285.11.md) should therefore be read as though modified to effectuate the application of that regulation to administrative wage garnishment proceedings conducted by, or on behalf of, the U.S. Postal Service.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3720D; 39 U.S.C. 204, 401, 2601; 31 CFR 285.11.

### Source

Source: 79 FR 46183, Aug. 7, 2014, unless otherwise noted.