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2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252A - SUPPORT OF DEPENDENTS › Section 252A.2 - Definitions.

252A.2 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context shall require otherwise, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this section:
1. “Birthing hospital” means a private or public hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 135B that has a licensed obstetric unit or is licensed to provide obstetric services, or a licensed birthing center associated with a hospital.
2. “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.
3. “Court” shall mean and include any court upon which jurisdiction has been conferred to determine the liability of persons for the support of dependents.
4. “Dependent” shall mean and include a spouse, child, mother, father, grandparent, or grandchild who is in need of and entitled to support from a person who is declared to be legally liable for such support.
5. “Institution” means a birthing hospital.
6. “Party” means a petitioner, a respondent, or a person who intervenes in a proceeding instituted under this chapter.
7. “Petitioner” includes each dependent person for whom support is sought in a proceeding instituted pursuant to this chapter or a mother or putative father of a dependent. However, in an action brought by the child support recovery unit, the state is the petitioner.
8. “Petitioner’s representative” includes counsel of a dependent person for whom support is sought and counsel for a mother or putative father of a dependent. In an action brought by the child support recovery unit, “petitioner’s representative” includes a county attorney, state’s attorney and any other public officer, by whatever title the officer’s public office may be known, charged by law with the duty of instituting, maintaining, or prosecuting a proceeding under this chapter or under the laws of the state.
9. “Putative father” means a man who is alleged to be or who claims to be the biological father of a child born to a woman to whom the man is not married at the time of the birth of the child.
10. “Respondent” includes each person against whom a proceeding is instituted pursuant to this chapter. “Respondent” may include the mother or the putative father of a dependent.
11. “State registrar” means state registrar as defined in section 144.1.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §252A.2; 82 Acts, ch 1004, §6, 7]
93 Acts, ch 79, §11; 94 Acts, ch 1171, §10, 11; 97 Acts, ch 175, §9; 2002 Acts, ch 1162, §78; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §77
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252A - SUPPORT OF DEPENDENTS › Section 252A.5 - When proceeding may be maintained.

252A.5 When proceeding may be maintained.
Unless prohibited pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1738B, a proceeding to compel support of a dependent may be maintained under this chapter in any of the following cases:
1. Where the petitioner and the respondent are residents of or domiciled or found in this state or where this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident respondent under section 252K.201.
2. Whenever the state or a political subdivision thereof furnishes support to a dependent, it has the same right through proceedings instituted by the petitioner’s representative to invoke the provisions hereof as the dependent to whom the support was furnished, for the purpose of securing reimbursement of expenditures so made and of obtaining continuing support; the petition in such case may be verified by any official having knowledge of such expenditures without further verification of any person and consent of the dependent shall not be required in order to institute proceedings under this chapter. The child support recovery unit may bring the action based upon a statement of a witness, regardless of age, with knowledge of the circumstances, including, but not limited to, statements by the mother of the dependent or a relative of the mother or the putative father.
3. If the child support recovery unit is providing services, the unit has the same right to invoke the provisions of this section as the dependent for which support is owed for the purpose of securing support. The petition in such case may be verified by any official having knowledge of the request for services by the unit, without further verification by any other person, and consent of the dependent shall not be required in order to institute proceedings under this chapter. The child support recovery unit may bring the action based upon the statement of a witness, regardless of age, with knowledge of the circumstances, including, but not limited to, statements by the mother of the dependent or a relative of the mother or the putative father.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §252A.5]
96 Acts, ch 1141, §18; 97 Acts, ch 175, §12; 2003 Acts, ch 62, §6
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252A - SUPPORT OF DEPENDENTS › Section 252A.5A - Limitations of actions.

252A.5A Limitations of actions.
1. An action to establish paternity and support under this chapter may be brought within the time limitations set forth in section 614.8.
2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, an action to establish paternity and support under this chapter may be brought concerning a person who was under age eighteen on August 16, 1984, regardless of whether any prior action was dismissed because a statute of limitations of less than eighteen years was then in effect. Such an action may be brought within the time limitations set forth in section 614.8, or until July 2, 1992, whichever is later.
90 Acts, ch 1224, §3
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252A - SUPPORT OF DEPENDENTS › Section 252A.8 - Additional remedies.

252A.8 Additional remedies.
Unless otherwise provided pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1738B, this chapter shall be construed to furnish an additional or alternative civil remedy and shall in no way affect or impair any other remedy, civil or criminal, provided in any other statute and available to the petitioner in relation to the same subject matter.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §252A.8]
96 Acts, ch 1141, §21
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252A - SUPPORT OF DEPENDENTS › Section 252A.10 - Costs advanced.

252A.10 Costs advanced.
Actual costs incurred in this state incidental to any action brought under the provisions of this chapter shall be advanced by the initiating party or agency, as appropriate, unless otherwise ordered by the court. Where the action is brought by an agency of the state or county there shall be no filing fee or court costs of any type either advanced by or charged to the state or county.
[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §252A.10]
97 Acts, ch 175, §6
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252A - SUPPORT OF DEPENDENTS › Section 252A.13 - Recipients of public assistance — assignment of support payments.

252A.13 Recipients of public assistance — assignment of support payments.
1. If public assistance is provided by the department of human services to or on behalf of a dependent child or a dependent child’s caretaker, there is an assignment by operation of law to the department of any and all rights in, title to, and interest in any support obligation, payment, and arrearages owed to or on behalf of the child or caretaker not to exceed the amount of public assistance paid for or on behalf of the child or caretaker as follows:
a. For family investment program assistance, section 239B.6 shall apply.
b. For foster care services, section 234.39 shall apply.
c. For medical assistance, section 252E.11 shall apply.
2. The department shall immediately notify the clerk of court by mail when such child or caretaker has been determined to be eligible for public assistance. Upon notification by the department, the clerk of court shall make a notation of the automatic assignment in the judgment docket and lien index. The notation constitutes constructive notice of the assignment. If the applicant for public assistance, for whom public assistance is approved and provided on or after July 1, 1997, is a person other than a parent of the child, the department shall send notice of the assignment by regular mail to the last known addresses of the obligee and obligor. The clerk of court shall forward support payments received pursuant to section 252A.6, to which the department is entitled, to the department, unless the court has ordered the payments made directly to the department under that section. The department may secure support payments in default through other proceedings.
3. The clerk shall furnish the department with copies of all orders or decrees awarding and temporary domestic abuse orders addressing support when the parties are receiving public assistance or services are otherwise provided by the child support recovery unit. Unless otherwise specified in the order, an equal and proportionate share of any child support awarded is presumed to be payable on behalf of each child, subject to the order or judgment, for purposes of an assignment under this section.
[C77, 79, 81, §252A.13; 82 Acts, ch 1237, §2]
83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 97 Acts, ch 175, §7; 2008 Acts, ch 1019, §3, 7
Referred to in §602.8102(47)
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252A - SUPPORT OF DEPENDENTS › Section 252A.18 - Registration of support order — notice.

252A.18 Registration of support order — notice.
Registration of a support order of another state or foreign country shall be in accordance with chapter 252K except that, with regard to service, promptly upon registration, the clerk of the court shall, by restricted certified mail, or the child support recovery unit shall, as provided in section 252B.26, send to the respondent notice of the registration with a copy of the registered support order or the respondent may be personally served with the notice and the copy of the order in the same manner as original notices are personally served. The clerk shall also docket the case and notify the prosecuting attorney of the action. The clerk shall maintain a registry of all support orders registered pursuant to this section. The filing is in equity.
[82 Acts, ch 1004, §4]
93 Acts, ch 78, §2; 97 Acts, ch 175, §19; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §81
Referred to in §600B.41A
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252A - SUPPORT OF DEPENDENTS › Section 252A.20 - Limitation on actions.

252A.20 Limitation on actions.
Issues related to visitation, custody, or other provisions not related to the support provisions of a support order shall not be grounds for a hearing, modification, adjustment, or other action under this chapter.
93 Acts, ch 78, §5; 96 Acts, ch 1141, §23; 97 Acts, ch 175, §20
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY › Section 252B.1 - Definitions.

252B.1 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Absent parent” means the parent who either cannot be located or who is located and is not residing with the child at the time the support collection or paternity determination services provided in sections 252B.5 and 252B.6 are requested or commenced.
2. “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 or 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. “Child” includes “child” as defined in section 239B.1.
3. “Child support agency” means child support agency as defined in section 252H.2.
4. “Department” means the department of human services.
5. “Director” means the director of human services.
6. “Obligor” means the person legally responsible for the support of a child as defined in section 252D.16 or 598.1 under a support order issued in this state or pursuant to the laws of another state or foreign country.
7. “Resident parent” means the parent with whom the child is residing at the time the support collection or paternity determination services provided in sections 252B.5 and 252B.6 are requested or commenced.
8. “Unit” means the child support recovery unit created in section 252B.2.
[C77, 79, 81, §252B.1]
83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 91 Acts, ch 97, §33; 92 Acts, ch 1195, §502; 93 Acts, ch 79, §25; 97 Acts, ch 41, §32; 97 Acts, ch 175, §23, 24; 98 Acts, ch 1100, §31; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §82; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §133
Referred to in §252E.1, 252H.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY › Section 252B.2 - Unit established — intervention.

252B.2 Unit established — intervention.
There is created within the department of human services a child support recovery unit for the purpose of providing the services required in sections 252B.3 through 252B.6. The unit is not required to intervene in actions to provide such services.
[C77, 79, 81, §252B.2]
83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 97 Acts, ch 175, §25; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §97
Referred to in §96.3, 252A.3A, 252B.1, 252D.1, 252F.1, 252G.1, 252H.2, 252I.1, 252J.1, 600B.41A
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY › Section 252B.4 - Nonassistance cases.

252B.4 Nonassistance cases.
1. The child support and paternity determination services established by the department pursuant to this chapter and other appropriate services provided by law including but not limited to the provisions of chapters 239B, 252A, 252C, 252D, 252E, 252F, 598, and 600B shall be made available by the unit to an individual not otherwise eligible as a public assistance recipient upon application by the individual for the services or upon referral as described in subsection 4. The application shall be filed with the department.
2. The director may collect a fee to cover the costs incurred by the department for service of process, genetic testing and court costs if the entity providing the service charges a fee for the services.
3. Fees collected pursuant to this section shall be considered repayment receipts, as defined in section 8.2, and shall be used for the purposes of the unit. The director or a designee shall keep an accurate record of the fees collected and expended.
4. The unit shall also provide child support and paternity determination services and shall respond as provided in federal law for an individual not otherwise eligible as a public assistance recipient if the unit receives a request from any of the following:
a. A child support agency.
b. A foreign country as defined in chapter 252K.
[C77, 79, 81, §252B.4]
83 Acts, ch 153, §16; 92 Acts, ch 1195, §101, 102; 93 Acts, ch 78, §6, 7; 93 Acts, ch 79, §37; 96 Acts, ch 1213, §39; 97 Acts, ch 41, §32; 97 Acts, ch 175, §27 – 29
; 2002 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 1003, §143, 151
; 2005 Acts, ch 175, §118; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §55; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §84; 2019 Acts, ch 112, §1
Referred to in §252B.2, 252H.5
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY › Section 252B.6 - Additional services in assistance cases.

252B.6 Additional services in assistance cases.
In addition to the services enumerated in section 252B.5, the unit may provide the following services in the case of a dependent child for whom public assistance is being provided:
1. Represent the state in obtaining a support order necessary to meet the child’s needs or in enforcing a similar order previously entered.
2. Represent the state’s interest in obtaining support for a child in dissolution of marriage and separate maintenance proceedings, or proceedings supplemental to these proceedings or any other support proceedings, when either or both of the parties to the proceedings are receiving public assistance, for the purpose of advising the court of the financial interest of the state in the proceeding.
3. Appear on behalf of the state for the purpose of facilitating the modification of support awards consistent with guidelines established pursuant to section 598.21B, and Tit. IV-D of the federal Social Security Act. The unit shall not otherwise participate in the proceeding.
4. Apply to the district court or initiate an administrative action, as necessary, to obtain, enforce, or modify support.
5. Initiate necessary civil proceedings to recover from the parent of a child, money expended by the state in providing public assistance or services to the child, including support collection services.
[C77, 79, 81, §252B.6]
83 Acts, ch 153, §17; 90 Acts, ch 1224, §6, 7; 97 Acts, ch 175, §34, 46; 2005 Acts, ch 69, §10; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180
Referred to in §252B.1, 252B.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY › Section 252B.7 - Legal services.

252B.7 Legal services.
1. The attorney general may perform the legal services for the child support recovery program and may enforce all laws for the recovery of child support from responsible relatives. The attorney general may file and prosecute:
a. Contempt of court proceedings to enforce any order of court pertaining to child support.
b. Cases under chapter 252A, the support of dependents law.
c. An information charging a violation of section 726.3, 726.5 or 726.6.
d. Any other lawful action which will secure collection of support for minor children.
2. For the purposes of subsection 1, the attorney general has the same power to commence, file and prosecute any action or information in the proper jurisdiction, which the county attorney could file or prosecute in that jurisdiction. This section does not relieve a county attorney from the county attorney’s duties, or the attorney general from the supervisory power of the attorney general, in the recovery of child support.
3. The unit may contract with a county attorney, the attorney general, a clerk of the district court, or another person or agency to collect support obligations and to administer the child support program established pursuant to this chapter. Notwithstanding section 13.7, the unit may contract with private attorneys for the prosecution of civil collection and recovery cases and may pay reasonable compensation and expenses to private attorneys for the prosecution services provided.
4. An attorney employed by or under contract with the child support recovery unit represents and acts exclusively on behalf of the state when providing child support enforcement services. An attorney-client relationship does not exist between the attorney and an individual party, witness, or person other than the state, regardless of the name in which the action is brought.
[C77, 79, 81, §252B.7]
83 Acts, ch 153, §18; 90 Acts, ch 1224, §8; 97 Acts, ch 175, §36, 47
Referred to in §252B.20A, 252H.4, 600B.41A
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY › Section 252B.7B - Informational materials provided by the unit.

252B.7B Informational materials provided by the unit.
1. The unit shall prepare and make available to the public, informational materials which explain the unit’s procedures including, but not limited to, procedures with regard to all of the following:
a. Accepting applications for services.
b. Locating individuals.
c. Establishing paternity.
d. Establishing support.
e. Enforcing support.
f. Modifying, suspending, or reinstating support.
g. Terminating services.
2. The informational materials shall include general information about and descriptions of the processes involved relating to the services provided by the unit including application for services, fees for services, the responsibilities of the recipient of services, resolution of disagreements with the unit, rights to challenge the actions of the unit, and obtaining additional information.
97 Acts, ch 175, §38
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY › Section 252B.8 - Central information center.

252B.8 Central information center.
The department shall establish within the unit an information and administration coordinating center which shall serve as a registry for the receipt of information and for answering interstate inquiries concerning absent parents and shall coordinate and supervise unit activities. The information and administration coordinating center shall promote cooperation between the unit and law enforcement agencies to facilitate the effective operation of the unit.
[C77, 79, 81, §252B.8]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY › Section 252B.10 - Criminal penalties.

252B.10 Criminal penalties.
1. Any person who willfully requests, obtains, or seeks to obtain paternity determination and support collection data available under section 252B.9 under false pretenses, or who willfully communicates or seeks to communicate such data to any agency or person except in accordance with this chapter, shall be guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor. Any person who knowingly, but without criminal purposes, communicates or seeks to communicate paternity determination and support collection data except in accordance with this chapter shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
2. Any reasonable grounds for belief that a public employee has violated any provision of this chapter shall be grounds for immediate removal from all access to paternity determination and support collection data available through or recorded under section 252B.9.
[C77, 79, 81, §252B.10]
97 Acts, ch 175, §40
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY › Section 252B.11 - Recovery of costs of collection services.

252B.11 Recovery of costs of collection services.
The unit may initiate necessary civil proceedings to recover the unit’s costs of support collection services provided to an individual, whether or not the individual is a public assistance recipient, from an individual who owes and is able to pay a support obligation but willfully fails to pay the obligation. The unit may seek a lump sum recovery of the unit’s costs or may seek to recover the unit’s costs through periodic payments which are in addition to periodic support payments. If the unit’s costs are recovered from an individual owing a support obligation, the costs shall not be deducted from the amount of support money received from the individual. The costs collected pursuant to this section shall be retained by the department for use by the unit. The director or a designee shall keep an accurate record of funds so retained.
83 Acts, ch 153, §19; 92 Acts, ch 1195, §103
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY › Section 252B.12 - Jurisdiction over nonresidents.

252B.12 Jurisdiction over nonresidents.
In an action to establish paternity or to establish or enforce a child support obligation, or to modify a support order, a nonresident person is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state as specified in section 252K.201.
84 Acts, ch 1242, §1; 97 Acts, ch 175, §48
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY › Section 252B.13A - Collection services center.

252B.13A Collection services center.
1. The department shall establish within the unit a collection services center for the receipt and disbursement of support payments as defined in section 252D.16 or 598.1 as required for orders by section 252B.14. For purposes of this section, support payments do not include attorney fees, court costs, or property settlements. The center may also receive and disburse surcharges as provided in section 252B.23.
2. a. The collection services center shall meet the requirements for a state disbursement unit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §654b, section 252B.14, and this section by October 1, 1999.
b. Prior to October 1, 1999, the department and the judicial branch shall enter into a cooperative agreement for implementation of the state disbursement unit requirement. The agreement shall include, but is not limited to, provisions for all of the following:
(1) Coordination with the state case registry created in section 252B.24.
(2) The receipt and disbursement of income withholding payments for orders not receiving services from the unit pursuant to section 252B.14, subsection 4.
(3) The transmission of information, orders, and documents, and access to information.
(4) Furnishing, upon request, timely information on the current status of support payments as provided in 42 U.S.C. §654b(b)(4), in a manner consistent with state law.
(5) The notification of payors of income to direct income withholding payments to the collection services center as provided in section 252B.14, subsection 4.
90 Acts, ch 1224, §9; 91 Acts, ch 177, §2; 93 Acts, ch 79, §39, 40; 97 Acts, ch 175, §41, 243; 98 Acts, ch 1047, §68; 98 Acts, ch 1170, §3; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §56, 57
Referred to in §252B.5, 252B.9, 252B.15, 252D.17, 252D.20, 602.8102(47C)
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY › Section 252B.14 - Support payments — collection services center or comparable government entity in another state — clerk of the district court.

252B.14 Support payments — collection services center or comparable government entity in another state — clerk of the district court.
1. For the purposes of this section, “support order” includes any order entered pursuant to chapter 234, 252A, 252C, 598, 600B, or any other support chapter or proceeding which establishes support payments as defined in section 252D.16 or 598.1.
2. For support orders being enforced by the child support recovery unit, support payments made pursuant to the order shall be directed to and disbursed by the collection services center or, as appropriate, a comparable government entity in another state as provided in chapter 252K.
3. With the exception of support payments to which subsection 2 or 4 applies, support payments made pursuant to an order shall be directed to and disbursed by the clerk of the district court in the county in which the order for support is filed. The clerk of the district court may require the obligor to submit payments by bank draft or money order if the obligor submits an insufficient funds support payment to the clerk of the district court.
4. For a support order to which subsection 2 does not apply, regardless of the terms of the support order directing or redirecting the place of payment, support payments made through income withholding by a payor of income as provided in chapter 252D shall be directed to and disbursed by the collection services center or, as appropriate, a comparable government entity in another state as provided in chapter 252K. The judicial branch and the department shall develop and implement a plan to notify payors of income of this requirement and the effective date of the requirement applicable to the respective payor of income.
5. If the collection services center is receiving and disbursing payments pursuant to a support order, but the unit is not providing other services under Tit. IV-D of the federal Social Security Act, or if the order is not being enforced by the unit, the parties to that order are not considered to be receiving services under this chapter.
6. Payments to persons other than the clerk of the district court or the collection services center or, as appropriate, a comparable government entity in another state as provided in chapter 252K, do not satisfy the support obligations created by a support order or judgment, except as provided for in sections 598.22 and 598.22A.
86 Acts, ch 1246, §316; 87 Acts, ch 228, §31; 88 Acts, ch 1218, §2; 90 Acts, ch 1224, §10; 91 Acts, ch 177, §3; 93 Acts, ch 79, §41; 97 Acts, ch 175, §42, 43; 98 Acts, ch 1047, §68; 98 Acts, ch 1170, §4; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §86
Referred to in §8B.32, 252B.13A, 252D.17, 421.17, 598.22, 598.22A, 598.22B, 642.23
Crediting of support payments ordered on or after July 1, 1985; §598.22A
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY › Section 252B.15 - Processing and disbursement of support payments.

252B.15 Processing and disbursement of support payments.
1. The collection services center shall notify the clerk of the district court of any order for which the child support recovery unit is providing enforcement services. The clerk of the district court shall forward any support payment made pursuant to the order, along with any support payment information, to the collection services center. Unless the agreement developed pursuant to section 252B.13A otherwise provides, the clerk of the district court shall forward any support payment made and any support payment information provided through income withholding pursuant to chapter 252D, to the collection services center. The collection services center shall process and disburse the payment in accordance with federal requirements.
2. Unless otherwise provided under federal law, if it is possible to identify the support order to which a payment is to be applied and if sufficient information is provided to identify the obligee, a payment received by the collection services center or the clerk of the district court shall be disbursed to the appropriate individual or office within two working days in accordance with section 598.22.
3. If the collection services center receives an incorrectly submitted payment, the collection services center shall promptly return the payment to the sender and, if known, provide information about where to send the payment.
4. Chapter 556 shall not apply to payments received by the collection services center.
90 Acts, ch 1224, §11; 91 Acts, ch 177, §4; 93 Acts, ch 79, §42; 98 Acts, ch 1170, §5; 2006 Acts, ch 1119, §2; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §87
Referred to in §252B.6A
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY › Section 252B.16 - Transfer of support order processing responsibilities — ongoing procedures.

252B.16 Transfer of support order processing responsibilities — ongoing procedures.
1. For a support order being processed by the clerk of the district court, upon notification that the unit is providing enforcement services related to the order, the clerk of the district court shall immediately transfer the responsibility for the disbursement of support payments received pursuant to the order to the collection services center.
2. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to ensure that the affected parties are notified that the support payment disbursement responsibilities have been transferred to the collection services center from the clerk of the district court. The rules shall include a provision requiring that a notice shall be sent by regular mail to the last known addresses of the obligee and the obligor. The issuance of notice to the obligor is the equivalent of a court order requiring the obligor to direct payment to the collection services center for disbursement.
3. Once the responsibility for receiving and disbursing support payments has been transferred from a clerk of the district court to the collection services center, the responsibility shall remain with the collection services center even if the child support recovery unit is no longer providing enforcement services, unless redirected by court order. However, the responsibility for receiving and disbursing income withholding payments shall not be redirected to a clerk of the district court.
4. As provided in sections 252K.307 and 252K.319, the unit may issue and file with the clerk of the district court, a notice redirecting support payments to a comparable government entity responsible for the processing and disbursement of support payments in another state. The unit shall send a copy of the notice by regular mail to the last known addresses of the obligor and obligee and, where applicable, shall notify the payor of income to make payments as specified in the notice. The issuance and filing of the notice is the equivalent of a court order redirecting support.
86 Acts, ch 1246, §316; 88 Acts, ch 1218, §3; 90 Acts, ch 1224, §12; 91 Acts, ch 177, §5; 93 Acts, ch 79, §43; 98 Acts, ch 1170, §6; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §88
Referred to in §598.22B
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY › Section 252B.17 - Admissibility and identification of support payment records.

252B.17 Admissibility and identification of support payment records.
Copies of support payment records maintained by the collection services center, when certified over the signature of a designated employee of the center, shall be considered to be satisfactorily identified and shall be admitted in any proceeding as prima facie evidence of the transactions. Additional proof of the official character of the person certifying the record or the authenticity of the person’s signature shall not be required. Whenever an employee of the collection services center is served with a summons, subpoena, subpoena duces tecum, or order directing that person to produce such records, the employee may comply by transmitting a copy of the payment records certified as described above to the clerk of the district court.
86 Acts, ch 1246, §316
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY › Section 252B.17A - Imaging or photographic copies — originals destroyed.

252B.17A Imaging or photographic copies — originals destroyed.
1. If the unit, in the regular course of business or activity, has recorded or received any memorandum, writing, entry, print, document, representation, or combination thereof, of any act, transaction, occurrence, event, or communication from any source, and in the regular course of business has caused any or all of the same to be recorded, copied, or reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic, electronic imaging, electronic data processing, or other process which accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for accurately and legibly reproducing an unaltered image or reproduction of the original, the original may be destroyed. Such reproduction, when satisfactorily identified, is as admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding whether the original is in existence or not and an enlargement or facsimile of such reproduction is likewise admissible in evidence if the original recording, copy, or reproduction is in existence and available for inspection. The introduction of a reproduced record, enlargement, or facsimile, does not preclude admission of the original.
2. The electronically imaged, copied, or otherwise reproduced record or document maintained or received by the unit, when certified over the signature of a designated employee of the unit, shall be considered to be satisfactorily identified. Certified documents are deemed to have been imaged or copied or otherwise reproduced accurately and unaltered in the regular course of business, and such documents are admissible in any judicial or administrative proceeding as evidence. Additional proof of the official character of the person certifying the record or authenticity of the person’s signature shall not be required. Whenever the unit or an employee of the unit is served with a summons, subpoena, subpoena duces tecum, or order directing production of such records, the unit or employee may comply by transmitting a copy of the record certified as described above to the district court.
97 Acts, ch 175, §44
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY › Section 252B.21 - Administrative seek employment orders.

252B.21 Administrative seek employment orders.
1. For any support order being enforced by the unit, the unit may enter an ex parte order requiring the obligor to seek employment if employment of the obligor cannot be verified and if the obligor has failed to make support payments. Advance notice is not required prior to entering the ex parte order. The order shall be served upon the obligor by regular mail, with proof of service completed as provided in
rule of civil procedure 1.442
. The unit shall file a copy of the order with the clerk of the district court.
2. The order to seek employment shall contain directives, including all of the following:
a. That the obligor seek employment within a determinate amount of time.
b. That the obligor file with the unit on a weekly basis a report of at least five new attempts to find employment or of having found employment. The report shall include the names, addresses, and the telephone numbers of any employers or businesses with whom the obligor attempted to seek employment and the name of the individual contact to whom the obligor made application for employment or to whom an inquiry was directed.
c. That failure to comply with the notice is evidence of a willful failure to pay support under section 598.23A.
d. That the obligor shall provide the child support recovery unit with verification of any reason for noncompliance with the order.
e. The duration of the order, not to exceed three months.
3. The department may establish additional criteria or requirements relating to seek employment orders by rule as necessary to implement this section.
93 Acts, ch 79, §26; 94 Acts, ch 1171, §19
Referred to in §252B.6A, 598.23A
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY › Section 252B.22 - Liens — motor vehicle registration — task force.

252B.22 Liens — motor vehicle registration — task force.
1. The child support recovery unit created in this chapter shall establish a task force to assist in the development and implementation of all of the following:
a. The filing of notices of liens and actions to release liens.
b. The process for delaying the renewal of a motor vehicle registration due to a support delinquency and recommendations for additional statutory changes to the general assembly.
2. Members of the task force may include, but shall not be limited to, representatives, appointed by the respective entity, of the Iowa land title association, the Iowa realtors’ association, the Iowa state bar association, the Iowa county recorders’ association, the Iowa clerks of court association, the Iowa county treasurers’ association, the Iowa automobile dealers’ association, the Iowa bankers association, the Iowa recreational vehicle dealers’ association, the independent automobile dealers’ association of Iowa, the Iowa mortgage bankers’ association, the Iowa motorcycle association, the Iowa credit union league, department of administrative services, state department of transportation, the office of the secretary of state, the office of the state court administrator, and other constituency groups and agencies which have an interest in a statewide support lien index to the record liens. Appointments are not subject to sections 69.16 and 69.16A. Vacancies shall be filled by the original appointment authority and in the manner of the original appointments.
97 Acts, ch 175, §201; 2000 Acts, ch 1125, §1, 4; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY › Section 252B.24 - State case registry.

252B.24 State case registry.
1. Beginning October 1, 1998, the unit shall operate a state case registry to the extent determined by applicable time frames and other provisions of 42 U.S.C. §654a(e) and this section. The unit and the judicial branch shall enter into a cooperative agreement for the establishment and operation of the registry by the unit. The state case registry shall include records with respect to all of the following:
a. Unless prohibited by federal law, each case for which services are provided under this chapter.
b. Each order for support, as defined in section 252D.16 or 598.1, which meets at least one of the following criteria:
(1) The support order is established or modified in this state on or after October 1, 1998.
(2) The income of the obligor is subject to income withholding under chapter 252D, including any support order for which the district court enters an ex parte order under chapter 252D on or after October 1, 1998.
2. The clerk of the district court shall provide the unit with any information, orders, or documents requested by the unit to establish or operate the state case registry, which are specified in the agreement described in subsection 1, within the time frames specified in that agreement. The agreement shall include but is not limited to provisions to provide for all of the following:
a. Provision to the unit of information, orders, and documents necessary for the unit to meet requirements described in 42 U.S.C. §654a(e) and this section.
b. Provision to the unit of information filed with the clerk of the district court by a party under section 598.22B, and the social security number of a child filed with the clerk of the district court under section 602.6111.
c. Use of automation, as appropriate, to meet the requirements described in 42 U.S.C. §654a(e) and this section.
3. The records of the state case registry are confidential records pursuant to chapter 22 and may only be disclosed or used as provided in section 252B.9.
98 Acts, ch 1047, §68; 98 Acts, ch 1170, §15; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §58, 59
Referred to in §252B.13A, 598.22B, 602.8102(47B)
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY › Section 252B.25 - Contempt — combining actions.

252B.25 Contempt — combining actions.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, if an obligor has been ordered to provide support in more than one order, the unit may bring a single action for contempt to enforce the multiple orders. However, if the obligor objects to the consolidation of the actions regarding multiple orders into a single action for contempt, and the court determines that severance of the single action into multiple actions is in the interest of justice, the unit shall bring multiple actions for contempt to enforce the multiple orders. If the single action is brought and the obligor does not object, the unit shall file the action in the district court of a county where the obligor resides, or if the obligor does not reside in the state, in the district court of the county where at least one of the support orders was entered or registered. For the purposes of this section, the district court where the unit files the action shall have jurisdiction and authority over all other support orders for the obligor entered or registered by a court of this state and affected under this section. In such case, the unit shall also file a document with the clerk of court in each county affected specifying the county where the action under this section was filed and the disposition of the action.
2005 Acts, ch 112, §6
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY › Section 252B.26 - Service of process.

252B.26 Service of process.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the unit may serve a petition, notice, or rule to show cause under this chapter or chapter 252A, 252C, 252F, 252H, 252K, 598, or 665 as specified in each chapter, or as follows:
1. The unit may serve a petition, notice, or rule to show cause by certified mail. Return acknowledgment is required to prove service by certified mail,
rules of civil procedure 1.303(5)
and
1.308(5)
shall not apply, and the return acknowledgment shall be filed with the clerk of court.
2. The unit may serve a notice of intent under chapter 252H, or a notice of decision under section 252H.14A, upon any party or parent who is receiving family investment program assistance for the parent or child by sending the notice by regular mail to the address maintained by the department.
Rules of civil procedure 1.303(5)
and
1.308(5)
shall not apply and the unit shall file proof of service as provided in chapter 252H. If the notice is determined to be undeliverable, the unit shall serve the notice as otherwise provided in this section or by personal service.
2005 Acts, ch 112, §7; 2007 Acts, ch 218, §142, 156; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §121, 123
Referred to in §252A.18, 252B.20A, 252H.14A
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252B - CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY › Section 252B.27 - Use of funding for additional positions.

252B.27 Use of funding for additional positions.
1. The director, within the limitations of the amount appropriated for the unit, or moneys transferred for this purpose from the family investment program account created in section 239B.11, may establish new positions and add employees to the unit if the director determines that both the current and additional employees together can reasonably be expected to maintain or increase net state revenue at or beyond the budgeted level for the fiscal year.
2. a. The director may establish new positions and add state employees to the unit or contract for delivery of services if the director determines the employees are necessary to replace county-funded positions eliminated due to termination, reduction, or nonrenewal of a chapter 28E contract. However, the director must also determine that the resulting increase in the state share of child support recovery incentives exceeds the cost of the positions or contract, the positions or contract are necessary to ensure continued federal funding of the unit, or the new positions or contract can reasonably be expected to recover at least twice the amount of money necessary to pay the salaries and support for the new positions or the contract will generate at least two hundred percent of the cost of the contract.
b. Employees in full-time positions that transition from county government to state government employment under this subsection are exempt from testing, selection, and appointment provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV, and from the provisions of collective bargaining agreements relating to the filling of vacant positions.
2005 Acts, ch 175, §120
Collective bargaining, see chapter 20
2023 Iowa Code › Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 252C - CHILD SUPPORT DEBTS — ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES › Section 252C.1 - Definitions.

252C.1 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Administrator” means the administrator of the child support recovery unit of the department of human services, or the administrator’s designee.
2. “Caretaker” means a parent, relative, guardian, or another person who is responsible for paying foster care costs pursuant to chapter 234 or whose needs are included in an assistance payment made pursuant to chapter 239B.
3. “Court order” means a judgment or order requiring the payment of a set or determinable amount of monetary support. For orders entered on or after July 1, 1990, unless the court specifically orders otherwise, medical support, as defined in section 252E.1, is not included in the amount of monetary support.
4. “Department” means the department of human services.
5. “Dependent child” means a person who meets the eligibility criteria established in chapter 234 or 239B and whose support is required by chapter 234, 239B, 252A, 252F, 598, or 600B.
6. “Medical support” means medical support as defined in section 252E.1.
7. “Public assistance” means foster care costs paid by the department pursuant to chapter 234 or assistance provided pursuant to chapter 239B.
8. “Responsible person” means a parent, relative, guardian, or another person legally liable for the support of a child or a child’s caretaker.
84 Acts, ch 1278, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1224, §14, 15; 93 Acts, ch 79, §44; 97 Acts, ch 41, §32; 2007 Acts, ch 218, §158, 187; 2008 Acts, ch 1019, §18, 20; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §89; 2018 Acts, ch 1111, §1, 10
Referred to in §252H.2, 598.21G