§ 52C-3-309. Duties of State information agency. - North Carolina Statutes

§52C‑3‑309.  Duties of State information agency.

(a)        The Department ofHealth and Human Services, Division of Social Services, is designated as theState information agency under this Chapter.

(b)        The Stateinformation agency shall:

(1)        Compile and maintaina current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this State which havejurisdiction under this Chapter and any support enforcement agencies in thisState and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state;

(2)        Maintain a registerof tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states;

(3)        Forward to theappropriate tribunal in the place in this State in which the individual obligeeor the obligor resides, or in which the obligor's property is believed to belocated, all documents concerning a proceeding under this Chapter received froman initiating tribunal or the state information agency of the initiating state;and

(4)        Obtain informationconcerning the location of the obligor and the obligor's property within thisState not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification andfederal or state locator services, examination of telephone directories,requests for the obligor's address from employers, and examination ofgovernmental records, including, to the extent not prohibited by other law,those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation,motor vehicles, drivers licenses, and social security. (1995,c. 538, s. 7(c); 1997‑443, s. 11A.118(a).)