1.    If the claimant agency receives written application contesting the setoff or the claim upon which the setoff is based, it shall grant a hearing to the taxpayer to determine    whether the setoff is proper or the claim is valid. A hearing to contest a setoff sought by the state court administrator is governed by supreme court rule. If the sum asserted as due and owing is not correct, an adjustment to the claimed sum may be made.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 57-38.3-06

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Rule: includes regulation. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • 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
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37

2.    No issues may be reconsidered at the hearing which have been previously litigated in a court or in any administrative proceeding.

3.    Appeals from actions taken at the hearing allowed under this section must be in accordance with the provisions of chapter 28-32. An appeal from a hearing requested under subsection 5 of section 57-38.3-05 to contest a setoff sought by the state court administrator is governed by supreme court rule.