[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR581.203]

[Page 610]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 581--PROCESSING GARNISHMENT ORDERS FOR CHILD SUPPORT AND/OR ALIMONY--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B--Service of Process
 
Sec. 581.203  Information minimally required to accompany legal process.

    (a) Sufficient identifying information must accompany the legal 
process in order to enable processing by the governmental entity named. 
Therefore, the following identifying information about the obligor, if 
known, is requested:
    (1) Full name;
    (2) Date of birth;
    (3) Employment number, social security number, Department of 
Veterans Affairs claim number, or civil service retirement claim number;
    (4) Component of the governmental entity for which the obligor 
works, and the official duty station or worksite; and
    (5) Status of the obligor, e.g., employee, former employee, or 
annuitant.
    (b) If the information submitted is not sufficient to identify the 
obligor, the legal process shall be returned directly to the court, or 
other authority, with an explanation of the deficiency. However, prior 
to returning the legal process, if there is sufficient time, an attempt 
should be made to inform the party who caused the legal process to be 
served, or the party's representative, that it will not be honored 
unless adequate identifying information is supplied.

[45 FR 85667, Dec. 30, 1980, as amended at 48 FR 26280, June 7, 1983; 55 
FR 1357, Jan. 16, 1990]