{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-845.404","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 845.404","heading":"Conditions for requesting an offset.","body":"An agency may request that money payable from the Fund be offset to recover any valid debt due the United States when all of the following conditions are met:\n(a) The debtor failed to pay all of the debt on demand, or the creditor agency has collected as much as possible from payments due the debtor from the paying agency; and\n(b) The creditor agency sends a debt claim to OPM (under § 845.405(b) (1), (2), (3) or (4), as appropriate) after doing one of the following:\n(1) Obtaining a court judgment for the amount of the debt;\n(2) Following the procedures required by 31 U.S.C. 3716 and 4 CFR 102.4;\n(3) Following the procedures required by 5 U.S.C. 5514 and subpart K of part 550 of this chapter; or\n(4) Following the procedures agreed upon by the creditor agency and OPM, if it is excepted by § 845.405(b)(4) from the completion of procedures prescribed by § 845.405(b)(3).","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 845—FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM—DEBT COLLECTION","Subpart D—Agency Requests to OPM for Recovery of a Debt From the Civil Service Retirement Fund"],"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":"642059f382ed785292ddffc64ca17cb25e80a8640a9b1c4f924badf3353825fd","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-845.403","next":"us/5-cfr-845.405"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}