{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-179.211","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 179.211","heading":"Notice of salary offset.","body":"(a) Upon receipt of proper certification from a creditor agency, the OPM payroll office will send the OPM employee, identified in the certification as the debtor, a written notice of salary offset. Such notice shall, at a minimum:\n(1) State that OPM has received a properly certified debt claim from a creditor agency;\n(2) Contain a copy of the certification received from the creditor agency;\n(3) Advise the employee that salary offset will be initiated at the next officially established pay interval; and\n(4) State the amount of the claim and amount of deductions.\n(b) The payroll office shall provide a copy of the notice to the creditor agency and advise such agency of the dollar amount to be offset and the pay period when the offset will begin.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 179—CLAIMS COLLECTION STANDARDS","Subpart B—Salary Offset"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"b642d083f83c7d99e013a63bf7545f407b35f04946b71f67224885ed4b3f6768","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-179.210","next":"us/5-cfr-179.212"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}