{"data":{"id":"us/34-cfr-34.4","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"34 CFR 34.4","heading":"Notice of proposed garnishment.","body":"(a) We may start proceedings to garnish your wages whenever we determine that you are delinquent in paying a debt owed to the United States under a program we administer.\n(b) We start garnishment proceedings by sending you a written notice of the proposed garnishment.\n(c) At least 30 days before we start garnishment proceedings, we mail the notice by first class mail to your last known address.\n(d)(1) We keep a copy of a certificate of service indicating the date of mailing of the notice.\n(2) We may retain this certificate of service in electronic form.","path":["Title 34—Education","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary, Department of Education","PART 34—ADMINISTRATIVE WAGE GARNISHMENT"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-34.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:40Z","sha256":"2d28fdb97d06cd37279b9b5d1ba2f59aa55d39cae58ac3a5dea428f02db223ea","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/34-cfr-34.3","next":"us/34-cfr-34.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}