1. The individual may schedule a conference with child support services following mailing of the notice pursuant to section 252J.3, or at any time after service of notice of suspension, revocation, denial of issuance, or nonrenewal of a license from a licensing authority, to challenge child support services‘ actions under this chapter.
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 252J.4

  • Certificate of noncompliance: means a document provided by child support services certifying that the named individual is not in compliance with any of the following:
     a. See Iowa Code 252J.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 252J.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
  • Individual: means a parent, an obligor, or a putative father in a paternity or support proceeding. See Iowa Code 252J.1
  • License: includes licenses for hunting, fishing, boating, or other recreational activity. See Iowa Code 252J.1
  • Licensing authority: means a county treasurer, county recorder or designated depositary, the supreme court, or an instrumentality, agency, board, commission, department, officer, organization, or any other entity of the state, which has authority within this state to suspend or revoke a license or to deny the renewal or issuance of a license authorizing an individual to register or operate a motor vehicle or to engage in a business, occupation, profession, recreation, or industry. See Iowa Code 252J.1
  • Obligor: means a natural person as defined in section 252G. See Iowa Code 252J.1
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Subpoena or warrant: means a subpoena or warrant relating to a paternity or support proceeding initiated or obtained by child support services or a child support agency as defined in section 252H. See Iowa Code 252J.1
  • Support: means support or support payments as defined in section 252D. See Iowa Code 252J.1
  • Support order: means an order for support issued pursuant to chapter 232, 234, 252A, 252C, 252D, 252E, 252F, 252H, 598, 600B, or any other applicable chapter, or under a comparable statute of another state or foreign country as registered with the clerk of the district court or certified to child support services. See Iowa Code 252J.1
  • Withdrawal of a certificate of noncompliance: means a document provided by child support services certifying that the certificate of noncompliance is withdrawn and that the licensing authority may proceed with issuance, reinstatement, or renewal of an individual's license. See Iowa Code 252J.1
 2. The request for a conference shall be made to child support services, in writing, and, if requested after mailing of the notice pursuant to section 252J.3, shall be received by child support services within twenty days following mailing of the notice.
 3. Child support services shall notify the individual of the date, time, and location of the conference by regular mail, with the date of the conference to be no earlier than ten days following issuance of notice of the conference by child support services, unless the individual and child support services agree to an earlier date which may be the same date the individual requests the conference. If the individual fails to appear at the conference, child support services shall issue a certificate of noncompliance.
 4. Following the conference, child support services shall issue a certificate of noncompliance unless any of the following applies:

 a. Child support services finds a mistake in the identity of the individual.
 b. Child support services finds a mistake in determining that the amount of delinquent support is equal to or greater than three months.
 c. The obligor enters a written agreement with child support services to comply with a support order, the obligor complies with an existing written agreement to comply with a support order, or the obligor pays the total amount of delinquent support due.
 d. Issuance of a certificate of noncompliance is not appropriate under other criteria established in accordance with rules adopted by the department pursuant to chapter 17A.
 e. Child support services finds a mistake in determining the compliance of the individual with a subpoena or warrant.
 f. The individual complies with a subpoena or warrant.
 5. Child support services shall grant the individual a stay of the issuance of a certificate of noncompliance upon receiving a timely written request for a conference, and if a certificate of noncompliance has previously been issued, shall issue a withdrawal of a certificate of noncompliance if the obligor enters into a written agreement with child support services to comply with a support order or if the individual complies with a subpoena or warrant.
 6. If the individual does not timely request a conference or does not comply with a subpoena or warrant or if the obligor does not pay the total amount of delinquent support owed within twenty days of mailing of the notice pursuant to section 252J.3, child support services shall issue a certificate of noncompliance.
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