The statewide automated data processing system established under section 50-09-02.1 must, in accordance with requirements of title IV-D, and regulations, formats, and operating requirements of the secretary adopted thereunder:

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 50-09-02.5

  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49

1.    Effective October 1, 1998, provide comparisons respecting:

a.    Federal and state case registry information; b.    Federal and state parent locator information; c.    Information secured under this chapter, chapter 50-24.1, similar laws administered in other states, and such other programs designated by the secretary as necessary to perform state agency functions under title IV-D, and under the respective programs; and

     d.    Information gathered by other agencies of this state, agencies of other states, and interstate networks as necessary and appropriate to carry out state agency duties respecting title IV-D or to assist other states to carry out similar duties; 2.    Effective October 1, 1998, be used by the state disbursement unit in the performance of functions including:

a.    Timely transmission of orders and notices to income payers for the withholding of income using uniform formats prescribed by the secretary; b.    Ongoing monitoring to promptly identify failures to make timely payment of support; c.    Automatic use of enforcement procedures if payments are not timely made; and

d.    Be used, to the maximum extent feasible, to receive and disburse child support payments through electronic fund transfers; and

3.    Be used, to the maximum extent feasible, to implement the expedited administrative procedures required by title IV-D.