---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 1018.31"
title: "49"
number: "1018.31"
heading: "Use of credit reports."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/1018.31"
---

# §1018.31. Use of credit reports.


The Board may institute a credit investigation of the debtor at any time following receipt of knowledge of the debt in order to aid the Board in making appropriate determinations as to:

- (a) The collection and compromise of a debt;
- (b) The collection of interest, penalties, and administrative costs;
- (c) The use of administrative offset;
- (d) The use of other collection methods; and
- (e) **The likelihood of collecting the debt.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3701, 31 U.S.C. 3711 et seq., 49 U.S.C. 1321, 31 CFR parts 900-904.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 7749, Feb. 9, 1993, unless otherwise noted.