---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 3.18"
title: "7"
number: "3.18"
heading: "Use and disclosure of mailing addresses."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/3.18"
---

# §3.18. Use and disclosure of mailing addresses.

- (a) When attempting to locate a debtor in order to collect or compromise a debt under this part or 31 CFR parts [902](/cfr/31/part902.md) through [904](/cfr/31/part904.md) or other authority, agencies may send a request to Treasury to obtain a debtor's mailing address from the records of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
- (b) Agencies are authorized to use mailing addresses obtained under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section to enforce collection of a delinquent debt and may disclose such mailing addresses to other agencies and to collection agencies for collection purposes.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 7 U.S.C. 1506, 1981, 1981a, 1981d, and 2008h; 15 U.S.C. 714b; 31 U.S.C. 3701, 3711, 3716-18, and 3720B; and 31 CFR parts 285 and 901-904.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 36672, June 17, 2020, unless otherwise noted.