25-7A-56.9. Reporting requirements of child support obligor's financial institution. The department shall enter into agreements with any financial institution conducting business within the state whereby the financial institution shall, on a quarterly basis, provide to the department the name, record address, social security number, or other taxpayer identification number, and other identifying information requested by the department for each obligor who owes past-due child support, and who maintains an account at the financial institution. Every financial institution shall also comply with any lien, levy, or order for withholding of income issued by the department against any account.

A financial institution is not liable to any person or entity for release or disclosure of any information required herein, and is not liable for encumbering or surrendering to the department any assets held by the financial institution and owned by the obligor. A financial institution is not liable to any person or entity for any other action taken in good faith by the institution to comply with the requirements of this section. Any information obtained by any Title IV-D agency pursuant to this section is confidential in nature and may be disclosed only for the purpose of, and to the extent necessary in, establishing, modifying, or enforcing a child support obligation.

As used in this section, financial institution includes any financial institution as defined in subdivision 10-43-1(4), any institution regulated by chapter 47-31B, and any other depository institution, credit union, benefit association, insurance company, safe deposit company, bond fund, money market mutual fund, and any mutual fund of any kind or character. The term, account, as used in this section includes any demand deposit account, checking account, negotiable withdrawal order account, savings account, time deposit account, money market or any type of mutual fund account, and intangible property as defined in subdivision 43-41B-1(10).

Source: SL 1997, ch 155, § 28; SL 2004, ch 278, § 61.