---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 3.33"
title: "7"
number: "3.33"
heading: "Required certification."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/3.33"
---

# §3.33. Required certification.


Agencies referring delinquent debts to Treasury for collection via cross-servicing must certify, in writing, that:

- (a) The debts being transferred are valid and legally enforceable;
- (b) There are no legal bars to collection; and
- (c) The agency has complied with all prerequisites to a particular collection action under the laws, regulations or policies applicable to the agency, unless the agency and Treasury agree that Treasury will do so on behalf of the agency.

## 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.