{"data":{"id":"us/31-cfr-29.504","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"31 CFR 29.504","heading":"Status of debts.","body":"A payment of a Federal Benefit Payment to a debtor because of an error on the part of the Department or Benefits Administrator, or the failure of the creditor agency to properly and/or timely submit a debt claim, does not erase the debt or affect the validity of the claim by the creditor agency.","path":["Title 31—Money and Finance: Treasury","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of the Treasury","PART 29—FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENTS UNDER CERTAIN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RETIREMENT PROGRAMS","Subpart E—Debt Collection and Waivers of Collection"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-31.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:25Z","sha256":"7023c36da0e933bbf754497cab2833a9b4bf01d2c050f9aeed5a792065b83d01","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/31-cfr-29.503","next":"us/31-cfr-29.505"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}