2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 14 - DOMESTIC MATTERS (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-15-119) › CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 14-14-101 — 14-14-113) › Article 14 - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES (§§ 14-14-101 — 14-14-113) › Section 14-14-113 - Recordation of social security numbers in certain family matters

(1)
(a)
(I)
Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (a), effective July 1, 1997, every application for, or application for the renewal of, a professional or occupational license or certificate, a commercial driver's license pursuant to section
42-2-403
, C.R.S., or a marriage license pursuant to section
14-2-105
sought by an individual person shall require the applicant's social security number. Such social security number shall be recorded on the application regardless of the licensing agency's use of another number on the social security field on the license. Nothing in this paragraph (a) shall be construed to require that a person's social security number appear on the professional or occupational license, commercial driver's license, or marriage license.
(II)
Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (a), if an applicant for a professional or occupational license, commercial driver's license, or marriage license submits a sworn statement, together with the application, stating that the applicant does not have a social security number, such applicant shall not be required to provide a social security number on his or her application as required in subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (a).
(b)
The judicial department shall maintain records of the parties' and children's social security numbers in family matters filed under articles
10
and 14 of this title, articles
4
and
6
of title
19
, C.R.S., and article
13.5
of title
26
, C.R.S. Nothing in this paragraph (b) shall require that a person's social security number appear on the face of the court order.
(c)
All death certificates issued pursuant to section
25-2-110
, C.R.S., shall identify the decedent's social security number, if available.
(2)
(a)
Access to records via the social security number provided in subsection (1) of this section and the security of those records shall be in accordance with section
26-13-107
, C.R.S. Access shall be limited to the department of human services only for the purposes of establishing, modifying, or enforcing child support.
(b)
Access to records via the social security number provided in subsection (1) of this section may be made by departments within their area of regulatory authority.
(3)
In addition to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, the child support enforcement agency and the delegate child support enforcement units, when exercising authority pursuant to this section, shall be subject to the privacy provisions of section
26-13-102.7
, C.R.S.
L. 97: Entire section added, p. 1274, § 12, effective July 1. L. 99: (3) amended, p. 622, § 17, effective August 4. L. 2000: (1)(a) amended, p. 1715, § 12, effective July 1. L. 2008: (1)(b) amended, p. 1347, § 2, effective July 1.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 1997 act enacting this section, see section 1 of chapter 236, Session Laws of Colorado 1997.