---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 845.208"
title: "5"
number: "845.208"
heading: "Referral to a collection agency."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/845.208"
---

# §845.208. Referral to a collection agency.

- (a) OPM retains the responsibility for resolving disputes, compromising claims, referring the debt for litigation, or suspending or terminating collection action.
- (b) OPM may refer certain debts to commercial collection agencies under the following conditions:
  - (1) All processing required by [§ 845.204](/cfr/5/845.204.md) has been completed before the debt is released; and
  - (2) **A contract for collection services has been negotiated.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8461.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 5931, Feb. 27, 1987; 52 FR 23014, June 17, 1987, unless otherwise noted.