Vermont Statutes Title 32 Sec. 5933
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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 32 Sec. 5933
- Claimant agency: means any unit of State government, including agencies, departments, boards, commissions, authorities, or public corporations, including the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation and a collection agency under contract with the Court Administrator pursuant to 4 V. See
- Debt: means any obligation to pay a sum of money to a claimant agency, the amount of which is fixed by agreement between the debtor and the claimant agency or by operation of law. See
- Debtor: means any individual owing a debt to a claimant agency or owing any support debt that may be collected by the Department for Children and Families. See
- Department: means the Vermont Department of Taxes. See
- Refund: means any individual's State income tax refund under chapter 151 of this title and any payment due a claimant under chapter 154 of this title. See
§ 5933. Collection of debts through setoff
(a) A claimant agency may submit any debt of $45.00 or more to the Department for collection under the procedure established by this chapter. This setoff debt collection remedy is in addition to and not in substitution for any other remedy available by law.
(b) The Department shall, upon request of a claimant agency, set off any refund that it owes to a debtor against the amount of debt certified by a claimant agency in accordance with the procedure established by section 5934 of this chapter. (Added 1981, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 4, 1982; amended 2019, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 25a, eff. Oct. 8, 2020.)