26B-9-228.  Reporting past-due support to consumer reporting agency.
     The office shall periodically report the name of any obligor who is delinquent in the payment of support and the amount of overdue support owed by the obligor to consumer reporting agencies as defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681a(f):

(1)  only after the obligor has been afforded notice and a reasonable opportunity to contest the accuracy of the information; and

Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-9-228

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fair Credit Reporting Act: A federal law, established in 1971 and revised in 1997, that gives consumers the right to see their credit records and correct any mistakes. Source: OCC
  • Obligor: means a person, firm, corporation, or the estate of a decedent owing a duty of support to this state, to an individual, to another state, or other corporate jurisdiction in whose behalf this state is acting. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
  • Office: means the Office of Recovery Services. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
  • Support: includes past-due, present, and future obligations established by:
(a) a tribunal or imposed by law for the financial support, maintenance, medical, or dental care of a dependent child; and
(b) a tribunal for the financial support of a spouse or former spouse with whom the obligor's dependent child resides if the obligor also owes a child support obligation that is being enforced by the state. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
(2)  only to an entity that has provided satisfactory evidence that it is a consumer reporting agency under 15 U.S.C. § 1681a(f).

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 305, 2023 General Session

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