Iowa Code 252I.6 – Administrative levy — notice to support obligor
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1. Child support services may administratively initiate an action to seize accounts of an obligor who is subject to this chapter under section 252I.2.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 252I.6
- Account: means "account" as defined in section 524. See Iowa Code 252I.1
- Child: includes but shall not be limited to a stepchild, foster child, or legally adopted child and means a child actually or apparently under eighteen years of age, and a dependent person eighteen years of age or over who is unable to maintain the person's self and is likely to become a public charge. See Iowa Code 252A.2
- Child support services: means child support services created in section 252B. See Iowa Code 252I.1
- Financial institution: means "financial institution" as defined in 42 U. See Iowa Code 252I.1
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Institution: means a birthing hospital. See Iowa Code 252A.2
- Obligor: means a person who has been ordered by a court or administrative authority to pay support. See Iowa Code 252I.1
- Party: means a petitioner, a respondent, or a person who intervenes in a proceeding instituted under this chapter. See Iowa Code 252A.2
- Working days: means only Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, but excluding the holidays specified in section 1C. See Iowa Code 252I.1
2. Child support services shall notify an obligor subject to this chapter, and any other party known to have an interest in the account, of the action. The notice shall contain all of the following:
a. The name of the obligor.
b. A statement that the obligor is believed to have one or more accounts at the financial institution.
c. A statement that pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the obligor’s accounts are subject to seizure and the financial institution is authorized and required to forward moneys to the collection services center.
d. The maximum amount to be forwarded by the financial institution, which shall not exceed the delinquent or accrued amount of support owed by the obligor.
e. The prescribed time frames within which the financial institution must comply.
f. A statement that any challenge to the action shall be in writing and shall be received by child support services within ten days of the date of the notice to the obligor.
g. The address of the collection services center and the collection services center account number.
h. A telephone number and address for child support services.
3. Child support services shall forward the notice to the obligor by regular mail within two working days of sending the notice to the financial institution pursuant to section 252I.5. Proof of service shall be completed according to rule of civil procedure 1.442.