North Dakota Code 50-09-08 – Investigations – Power of human service zone, state agency, and employees
1. In the investigation of applications under the provisions of this chapter, the human service zone, the state agency, and the officials and employees of such agencies charged with the administration and enforcement of this chapter may:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 50-09-08
- children: includes children by birth and by adoption. See North Dakota Code 1-01-18
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Property: includes property, real and personal. 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
a. Conduct examinations; b. Require the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, records, and papers; and
c. Make application to the district court of the county to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, records, and papers.
2. The state agency may request from other state, county, human service zones, and local agencies information deemed necessary to carry out the child support enforcement program. All officers and employees of state, county, and local agencies shall cooperate with the state agency in locating absent parents of children to whom an obligation of support is owed or on whose behalf assistance is being provided and, on request, shall supply the state agency with available information relative to the location, income, social security number, and property holdings of the absent parent, notwithstanding any provision of law making that information confidential. Any person acting under the authority of the state agency who pursuant to this subsection obtains information from the office of the state tax commissioner, the confidentiality of which is protected by law, may not divulge such information except to the extent necessary for the administration of the child support enforcement program or when otherwise directed by judicial order or when otherwise provided by law.
3. The officers and employees designated by the human service zones or the state agency may administer oaths and affirmations.