Kentucky Statutes 15.844 – Data match agreements between office and financial institutions — Surrender of assets when parent is subject to lien — Fee — Financial institutions not liable. (Effective July 1, 2025)
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(1) Financial institutions doing business in the Commonwealth shall enter into cooperative agreements with the Office of the Attorney General or its designee to operate a data match system. Pursuant to the agreements, the financial institution shall be required to provide identifying information each calendar quarter for each obligated parent who maintains an account at the institution and who owes an arrearage, and who shall be identified by the Office of the Attorney General.
(2) The cooperative agreement shall include provisions for financial institutions to encumber or surrender assets held by the institutions on behalf of any obligated parent who is subject to a child support lien pursuant to KRS § 15.850.
(3) The financial institution shall be paid a fee for conducting data matches from the obligor’s account, not to exceed the actual cost.
(4) No liability shall arise for the Commonwealth or the financial institution under this section with respect to any disclosure of financial records for the establishment, modification, or enforcement of a child support obligation of the individual.
(5) The financial institution shall not be liable for encumbering or surrendering any assets held by such financial institution in response to a notice of lien or levy issued by the Office of the Attorney General, for any other action taken in good faith to comply with the requirement of this section.
(6) “Financial institution” means:
(a) A depository institution and an institution-affiliated party as defined by 12
U.S.C. sec. 1813(c) and (u);
(b) Any federal or state credit union, including an institution-affiliated party of that credit union, as defined by 12 U.S.C. sec. 1752 and 12 U.S.C. sec.
1786(r); or
(c) Any benefit association, insurance company, safe deposit company, money market mutual fund, brokerage firm, trust company, or similar entity authorized to do business in the Commonwealth.
(7) The Office of the Attorney General may promulgate administrative regulations to implement the requirements of this section.
Effective: July 1, 2025
History: Repealed, reenacted, renumbered, and amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec.
30, effective July 1, 2025. — Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 42, effective July
15, 1998.
Formerly codified as KRS § 205.772.
(2) The cooperative agreement shall include provisions for financial institutions to encumber or surrender assets held by the institutions on behalf of any obligated parent who is subject to a child support lien pursuant to KRS § 15.850.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 15.844
- Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- 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.
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(3) The financial institution shall be paid a fee for conducting data matches from the obligor’s account, not to exceed the actual cost.
(4) No liability shall arise for the Commonwealth or the financial institution under this section with respect to any disclosure of financial records for the establishment, modification, or enforcement of a child support obligation of the individual.
(5) The financial institution shall not be liable for encumbering or surrendering any assets held by such financial institution in response to a notice of lien or levy issued by the Office of the Attorney General, for any other action taken in good faith to comply with the requirement of this section.
(6) “Financial institution” means:
(a) A depository institution and an institution-affiliated party as defined by 12
U.S.C. sec. 1813(c) and (u);
(b) Any federal or state credit union, including an institution-affiliated party of that credit union, as defined by 12 U.S.C. sec. 1752 and 12 U.S.C. sec.
1786(r); or
(c) Any benefit association, insurance company, safe deposit company, money market mutual fund, brokerage firm, trust company, or similar entity authorized to do business in the Commonwealth.
(7) The Office of the Attorney General may promulgate administrative regulations to implement the requirements of this section.
Effective: July 1, 2025
History: Repealed, reenacted, renumbered, and amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec.
30, effective July 1, 2025. — Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 42, effective July
15, 1998.
Formerly codified as KRS § 205.772.