9 CAR § 5-601. Overview

(a) In cases in which there is overdue child support, and in an effort to secure assets to satisfy any current support obligation and any arrearage, the Office of Child Support Enforcement is authorized to take any of the following actions: (1) Intercept or seize periodic or lump-sum payments from: (A) A state or local agency, including: (i) Unemployment compensation; (ii) Workers’ compensation; and (iii) Certain veteran’s benefits; (B) Judgments; (C) Settlements; (D) Prizes; and (E) Lotteries; (2) Attach and seize assets of the obligated parent held in financial institutions; (3) Attach public and private retirement funds, including any union retirement fund and railroad retirement; and (4) Impose liens and, in appropriate cases, force the sale of property and distribute proceeds. (b) State law requires each financial entity (defined as any bank, trust company, savings and loan association, credit union, insurance company, or any corporation, association, partnership, or individual receiving or accepting money or its equivalent on deposit) to cooperate with the office to develop, implement, and operate an electronic automated data match system using automated data exchanges to provide the office, each calendar quarter, with the following information: (1) The name, record address, Social Security number, or other taxpayer identification number and other identifying information for each noncustodial parent who maintains an account at their respective financial institution. (c)(1) The office enters into cooperative agreements with financial entities to provide for automatic data exchanges to the maximum extent feasible in order to locate account assets of noncustodial parents. (2) Any information obtained from any financial entity shall become a business record of the Office of Child Support Enforcement and be subject to privacy safeguards.