---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 13.6"
title: "40"
number: "13.6"
heading: "Subdivision of claims not authorized."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/13.6"
---

# §13.6. Subdivision of claims not authorized.


A claim will not be subdivided to avoid the $20,000 limit on the Agency's authority to compromise, suspend, or terminate a debt. A debtor's liability arising from a particular transaction or contract is a single claim.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a, 5512, and 5514; 31 U.S.C. 3711 et seq. and 3720A; 4 CFR parts 101-10.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 37270, Sept. 23, 1988, unless otherwise noted.