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16D.09 Uncollectible debts.

Subdivision 1. Generally. When a debt is determined by a state agency to be uncollectible, the debt may be written off by the state agency from the state agency's financial accounting records and no longer recognized as an account receivable for financial reporting purposes. A debt is considered to be uncollectible when (1) all reasonable collection efforts have been exhausted, (2) the cost of further collection action will exceed the amount recoverable, (3) the debt is legally without merit or cannot be substantiated by evidence, (4) the debtor cannot be located, (5) the available assets or income, current or anticipated, that may be available for payment of the debt are insufficient, (6) the debt has been discharged in bankruptcy, (7) the applicable statute of limitations for collection of the debt has expired, or (8) it is not in the public interest to pursue collection of the debt. The determination of the uncollectibility of a debt must be reported by the state agency along with the basis for that decision as part of its quarterly reports to the commissioner of finance. Determining that the debt is uncollectible does not cancel the legal obligation of the debtor to pay the debt, except in the case of a debt related to a tax liability that is canceled by the department of revenue.

Subd. 2. Notification of action by department of revenue. When the department of revenue has determined that a debt is uncollectible and has written off that debt as provided in subdivision 1, the commissioner of revenue must make a reasonable attempt to notify the debtor of that action and of the release of any liens imposed under section 270.69 related to that debt, within 30 days after the determination has been reported to the commissioner of finance. A lien imposed under section 270.69 need not be released unless after the write-off of uncollectible debt there is no remaining collectible liability recorded on the lien.

HIST: 1994 c 632 art 3 s 43; 1996 c 390 s 22; 1999 c 243 art 2 s 1; 2000 c 490 art 13 s 3

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