{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-40-40-2-619","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-2-619","heading":"Treasury offset program – Benefit overpayment","body":"collections.\n\nTREASURY OFFSET PROGRAM – BENEFIT OVERPAYMENT COLLECTIONS.\n\nA. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission shall be\n\nauthorized to collect unemployment benefit overpayment indebtedness\n\nthrough the Tax Offset Program of the U.S. Department of the\n\nTreasury pursuant to 26 U.S.C., Section 6402(f) and 31 CFR, Section\n\n285.8. The Commission may submit overpayment indebtedness due to\n\nfraud that was established pursuant to paragraph 1 of Section 2-613\n\nof Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes and overpayment indebtedness\n\ndue to claimant error that was established under paragraph 2 of\n\nSection 2-613 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes, if the claimant\n\nerror overpayment was due to a failure to report earnings.\n\nB. Before submitting an indebtedness to the U.S. Department of\n\nthe Treasury for collection through the Tax Offset Program, the\n\nOklahoma Employment Security Commission shall notify the debtor in\n\nwriting of the amount of the debt and the date the indebtedness was\n\nestablished. The notification shall give the debtor sixty (60) days\n\nfrom the date of mailing of the notice to present evidence to the\n\nCommission that all or a part of the indebtedness is not legally\n\nenforceable or is otherwise invalid.\n\nC. If the debtor responds to the notice by presenting evidence,\n\nthe Commission shall evaluate the evidence and review its records of\n\nthe indebtedness. Based on this evaluation and review, the\n\nCommission may modify the amount of the indebtedness. Once the\n\nevaluation and review process is complete, the indebtedness shall be\n\nsubmitted to the U.S. Department of the Treasury for collection\n\nthrough the Tax Offset Program.\n\nD. If no evidence is presented by the debtor within the sixty-\n\nday time period allowed by the notice, the amount of the\n\nindebtedness will be submitted to the U.S. Department of the\n\nTreasury for collection through the Tax Offset Program.\n\nE. If the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission receives an\n\nerroneous payment from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the\n\nOklahoma Employment Security Commission shall return the payment to\n\nthe U.S. Department of the Treasury. If the money that was\n\nerroneously paid to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission had\n\nbeen credited to an unemployment benefit overpayment indebtedness,\n\nthat indebtedness shall be reinstated to the amount that existed\n\nbefore the payment was credited.","path":["OK Code","Title 40"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os40.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"37e0d3f1cc6f0111a4faa396a20228fbf6415defd3175dccc09415aa2113cf6c","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-40-40-2-618","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-40-40-2-701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}