Reporting to Credit Bureaus

(a) In acting as the official agency in administering the child support program under Title IV-D, the child support enforcement office, directly or through agents and agencies, subject to Subsection (b) of this § 34103.2 may report periodically to consumer reporting agencies the name of any obligor who owes past due support, and the amount of past due support owed by the obligor. (b) The child support enforcement agency may report under Subsection (a) of this § 34103.2, only after such an obligor has been provided notice and a reasonable opportunity to contest the accuracy of the statement of the name and amount of overdue support owed by the obligor. (c) For purposes of this § 34103.2 consumer reporting agency means an agency that has furnished evidence, satisfactory to the Department, that the agency is a consumer reporting agency as defined in Subsection (f) of §603 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681 a. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 24-129:12 (Feb. 16, 1998).