---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 C.F.R. § 966.5"
title: "39"
number: "966.5"
heading: "Effect of petition filing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/39/966.5"
---

# §966.5. Effect of petition filing.


Upon receipt and docketing of the former employee's petition, the Recorder will notify the General Counsel that the petition has been filed and that a timely filed petition stays further collection action.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3716; 39 U.S.C. 204, 401, 2601.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 63279, Nov. 28, 1997, unless otherwise noted.