[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 5, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 699] [Revised as of January 1, 2001] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 5CFR550.1106] [Page 545] TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PART 550--PAY ADMINISTRATION (GENERAL)--Table of Contents Subpart K--Collection by Offset From Indebted Government Employees Sec. 550.1106 Time limit on collection of debts. Under the FCCS as defined in Sec. 550.1103, agencies may not initiate offset to collect a debt more than 10 years after the Government's right to collect the debt first accrued, with certain exceptions explained in that paragraph. [51 FR 21325, June 12, 1986, as amended at 63 FR 72100, Dec. 31, 1998]