{"data":{"id":"us/36-cfr-1201.21","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"36 CFR 1201.21","heading":"May NARA's failure to comply with these regulations be used as a defense to a debt?","body":"No, the failure of NARA to comply with any standard in the FCCS or these regulations will not be available to any debtor as a defense.","path":["Title 36—Parks, Forests, and Public Property","CHAPTER XII—NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL RULES","PART 1201—COLLECTION OF CLAIMS","Subpart B—General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-36.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:44Z","sha256":"f85c791b1d3d6912cecf3abd0c7379614632bcdbc1c029584fcb47a3290a14b0","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/36-cfr-1201.20","next":"us/36-cfr-1201.30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}