{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-1018.31","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 1018.31","heading":"Use of credit reports.","body":"The Board may institute a credit investigation of the debtor at any time following receipt of knowledge of the debt in order to aid the Board in making appropriate determinations as to:\n(a) The collection and compromise of a debt;\n(b) The collection of interest, penalties, and administrative costs;\n(c) The use of administrative offset;\n(d) The use of other collection methods; and\n(e) The likelihood of collecting the debt.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle B—Other Regulations Relating to Transportation","CHAPTER X—SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS","PART 1018—DEBT COLLECTION","Subpart B—Administrative Collection of Claims"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"aaf60c02eeafbbecb43406d384e02df0b4ac59216d9d3da20e182e0365319e1b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-1018.30","next":"us/49-cfr-1018.32"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}