Legal Authorities for Debt Management

Below are links to pages about the various laws, policies, and other reference material, governing debt collection.

• Debt Collection Legal Authorities Quick Reference Charts
• Debt Collection Statutes
• Public Laws
• Debt Collection CFR Regulations
• Debt Collection TFM Regulations (Part 3: Receivable and Delinquent Debt Management)
• Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-129
• Due Process Guidelines
• Executive Order 13019 (Supporting Families: Collecting Delinquent Child Support Obligations)
• Managing Federal Receivables
• Guides, Policies & Instructions
• Cross-Servicing Exemption Chart
• TOP Exemption Chart
• Exemption Letters regarding Bars to Federal Financial Assistance
• Treatise on Federal Nontax Law