May NARA's failure to comply with these regulations be used as a defense to a debt?
36 C.F.R. § 1201.21
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01No, the failure of NARA to comply with any standard in the FCCS or these regulations will not be available to any debtor as a defense.
Source: eCFRURL: https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2024-07-01/title-36.xmlFetched: 7/26/2026