---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 1018.33"
title: "49"
number: "1018.33"
heading: "Use and disclosure of mailing addresses."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/1018.33"
---

# §1018.33. Use and disclosure of mailing addresses.

- (a) When attempting to locate a debtor in order to collect or compromise a debt under this part, the Board may send a written request to the Secretary of the Treasury (or designee) in order to obtain a debtor's mailing address from the records of the Internal Revenue Service.
- (b) The Board may disclose a mailing address obtained under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section to other agents, including collection service contractors, in order to facilitate the collection or compromise of debts under this part, except that a mailing address may be disclosed to a consumer reporting agency only for the limited purpose of obtaining a commercial credit report on the particular taxpayer.
- (c) The Board and its agents, including consumer reporting agencies and collection services, must comply with the provisions of [26 U.S.C. 6103(p)(4)](/usc/26/6103.md?p=p-4) and applicable regulations of the Internal Revenue Service.

## 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.