{"data":{"id":"us/12-cfr-313.21","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"12 CFR 313.21","heading":"Definitions.","body":"(a) Administrative offset means withholding funds payable by the United States to, or held by the United States for, a person to satisfy a debt.\n(b) Person includes a natural person or persons, profit or nonprofit corporation, partnership, association, trust, estate, consortium, or other entity which is capable of owing a debt to the United States Government except that agencies of the United States, or any state or local government shall be excluded.","path":["Title 12—Banks and Banking","CHAPTER III—FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION","SUBCHAPTER A—PROCEDURE AND RULES OF PRACTICE","PART 313—PROCEDURES FOR COLLECTION OF CORPORATE DEBT, CRIMINAL RESTITUTION DEBT, AND CIVIL MONEY PENALTY DEBT","Subpart B—Administrative Offset"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-12.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:16Z","sha256":"f9a07803d3b0300bf5b6538b3c62e69bee3498bbba522d8b5a8eeac6b4ade43d","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/12-cfr-313.20","next":"us/12-cfr-313.22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}