Title 50 — Public Welfare
62 chapters · 605 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-01 Definitions
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In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: 1. "Account" means a demand deposit account, checking or negotiable withdrawal order account, share account, share draft account, savings account, time deposit account, securities account, money market mutu…
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-02 Duties of the state agency
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The state agency shall: 1. Take such action and adopt rules as may become necessary to entitle the state to receive funds from the federal government under title IV-A. 2. Supervise the administration of temporary assistance for needy families throughout the state of North Dakota.…
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-02.2 Assistance for adopted children with special needs
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1. Assistance provided under this chapter or chapter 50-24.1 after adoption to a child with special needs must be provided without regard to the income or resources of the adopting parents. Except as provided in this section, such assistance continues until: a. The adopted child …
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-02.3 Department to apply for waiver
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Repealed by S.L. 1995, ch. 464, § 1.
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-02.4 State case registry
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1. The statewide automated data processing system established under section 50-09-02.1 must include a registry that contains records with respect to: a. Each child support case in which services are being provided by the state agency under title IV-D; and b. Each child support or…
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-02.5 Required uses of statewide automated data processing system
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The statewide automated data processing system established under section 50-09-02.1 must, in accordance with requirements of title IV-D, and regulations, formats, and operating requirements of the secretary adopted thereunder: 1. Effective October 1, 1998, provide comparisons res…
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-02.7 Child support arrears registry
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The state case registry maintained under section 50-09-02.4 must include a registry of any obligor who owes past-due support in an amount greater than two times the obligor's current or most recent monthly support obligation as defined in section 14-09-09.10 or two thousand dolla…
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-03 Duties of human service zone
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In the administration of assistance under this chapter, a human service zone shall, unless otherwise directed or determined by the state agency: 1. Administer the temporary assistance for needy families program in its human service zone, subject to the rules of the state agency. …
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-04 Preservation and protection of religious faith
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The county, human service zone, and state agencies shall preserve and protect the religious faith of children coming under their jurisdiction.
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-05 Eligibility for assistance
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Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 447, § 5.
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-06 Application for assistance
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Application for assistance under this chapter must be made to the human service zone or state agency in the manner and form prescribed by the state agency. The application must contain such information as the state agency may require, and the action of the state agency in approvi…
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-06.1 Assignment of support rights
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An application under this chapter is deemed to create and effect an assignment of all rights to support, which a family member or foster child may have or come to have, to the state agency. The assignment: 1. Is effective as to all current support obligations and periods of eligi…
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-06.2 State agency may compromise claims
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The state agency may compromise claims arising out of assignments made under sections 50-09-06 and 50-09-06.1, on such terms as it may deem just and appropriate. The state agency may not be compelled to compromise any claim.
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-07 Investigation by human service zone or state agency
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If a human service zone or state agency receives an application for assistance, or assistance has been granted, under this chapter, the human service zone, unless otherwise directed or determined by the state agency, promptly shall make an investigation and record of the circumst…
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-08.1 Stepfather's liability for dependent child
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Repealed by S.L. 1971, ch. 153, § 2.
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-08.2 Power of state agency and employees and agents
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1. In implementing programs under title IV-D, the state agency, and the officials, employees, and agents of the agency may: a. Conduct examinations; b. Require by subpoena the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, records, and papers; c. Compensate witnesses and in…
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-08.3 Administrative enforcement in interstate cases
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1. In acting as the official agency of the state in administering the child support program under title IV-D, the state agency, directly or through agents and human service zones: a. Shall use high-volume automated administrative enforcement, to the same extent as used in intrast…
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-08.4 Reporting arrearages to credit bureaus
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1. In acting as the official agency of the state in administering the child support program under title IV-D, the state agency, directly or through agents and human service zones, subject to subsection 2, may report periodically to consumer reporting agencies the name of any obli…
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-08.5 Securing assets to satisfy child support
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In acting as the official agency of the state in administering the child support program under title IV-D, in cases in which there is past-due child support, the state agency may secure assets to satisfy any current support obligation and the past-due amount by issuing writs of e…
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-09 Award of assistance
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1. Upon completion of the investigation of an applicant for assistance under this chapter, the human service zone or state agency shall determine, in accordance with the rules of the state agency: a. If the applicant may be provided assistance under the provisions of this chapter…
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-10 Amount of assistance - Consideration of stepfather's income
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Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 571, § 9.
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-10.1 State agency authorized to make seasonal adjustments to payment levels
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Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 571, § 9.
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-11 Redetermination of awards
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Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 571, § 9. 50-09-12. Records - State agency to make rules governing - Use of by other agencies limited. Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 571, § 9.
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-13 Disclosure of information contained in records - Penalty
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Repealed by S.L. 1977, ch. 451, § 2.
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-14 Appeal and hearing - Review of child support actions
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1. An applicant for or recipient of temporary assistance for needy families under this chapter, aggrieved because of a human service zone's or state agency's decision or delay in making a decision, may appeal to the state agency in the manner prescribed by the state agency and mu…
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-15 Assistance for dependent children not assignable
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Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 386, § 2.
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-15.1 Child support improvement account - Continuing appropriation
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The child support improvement account is established as a special account in the state treasury. Five percent of the total amount of child support incentive payments paid to the state by the office of child support enforcement of the United States department of health and human s…
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-16 Aid to dependent children fund - Receipts for moneys received
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Repealed by S.L. 1997, ch. 403, § 13 and S.L. 1997, ch. 404, § 78. 50-09-17. Disbursements of aid to dependent children fund - How made - Payment of aid and expenses of state agency. Repealed by S.L. 1997, ch. 403, § 13 and S.L. 1997, ch. 404, § 78.
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-18 Persons handling money of fund bonded
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Repealed by S.L. 1997, ch. 403, § 13.
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-19 Care of child in boarding home or child-placing agency - How paid
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Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 571, § 9.
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-20 Appropriation of county funds
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Repealed by S.L. 1997, ch. 403, § 13 and S.L. 1997, ch. 404, § 79.
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-20.1 Amounts state liable for - Reimbursement by state
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Repealed by S.L. 1997, ch. 403, § 13 and S.L. 1997, ch. 404, § 79.
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-20.2 Amount state liable for - Prepayment by state
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Repealed by S.L. 1997, ch. 403, § 13.
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-21 Amount county liable for - Reimbursement by county
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Repealed by S.L. 1997, ch. 403, § 13 and S.L. 1997, ch. 404, § 79.
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-21.1 County share of foster care costs
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Repealed by S.L. 2015, ch. 329, §11.
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-22 Procedure for reimbursement
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Repealed by S.L. 1997, ch. 403, § 13 and S.L. 1997, ch. 404, § 79.
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-23 Fraudulent acts - Penalty
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Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 106, § 673.
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-24 Limitations of chapter
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All assistance awarded under this chapter must be deemed to be awarded and to be held subject to the provisions of any amending or repealing act which may be passed, and no recipient shall have any claim for compensation, or otherwise, because that recipient's assistance has been…
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-25 Authority to adopt rules
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The state agency may adopt rules reasonable or necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter.
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-26 Transition to training, education, employment, and management program
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Repealed by S.L. 2001, ch. 418, § 6.
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-27 Programs funded at state expense - Interpretation
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1. The state shall bear the cost, in excess of the amount provided by the federal government, of: a. Services provided under this chapter as child care assistance; b. Services provided under this chapter as employment and training programs; c. Temporary assistance for needy famil…
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-28 Substitution of terms - Meaning of title IV-A
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Whenever the term "aid to families with dependent children", or any derivative of that term, appears in this code or the North Dakota Administrative Code, used in a context that refers to a period following the effective date of a state plan submitted under section 402 of the Soc…
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-30 Child support agencies exempt from certain fees
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The recorder and secretary of state may not charge or collect any fee otherwise prescribed by law from a state or human service zone engaged in the establishment of paternity or the establishment, modification, or enforcement of child support orders.
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-31 Victims of domestic violence - Duties of state agency
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1. The state agency shall: a. Inform all temporary assistance for needy families applicants and recipients of the options available under the domestic violence option; b. Screen all applicants to determine who are past or present victims of domestic violence or at risk of further…
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-32 Disclosure of identity of child support obligors
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Repealed by S.L. 2025, ch. 146, § 8. 50-09-33. Continuing appropriation - Cooperative agreements for child support enforcement services. All federal funds and other income generated by the state agency under a cooperative agreement with an Indian tribe for child support enforceme…
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-34 Administration of child support enforcement activities
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Repealed by S.L. 2007, ch. 417, § 15.
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-35 Child support deduction order
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1. The state agency, directly or through agents, may issue an order requiring an income payer to deduct the amount identified in the order from the portion of any lump sum payment to an obligor that has been withheld under section 14-09-09.34. 2. The state agency, directly or thr…
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-36 Protest period
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Except as authorized by the obligor, the state agency shall hold any funds collected under section 28-21-05.2, 50-09-35, or 50-09-40 and may not disburse the funds as a collection of child support until the time has expired for requesting a review by a court under section 50-09-1…
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-37 Health insurance data match
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An insurer as defined in section 26.1-36.5-01 shall exchange health insurance information with the state agency for the purpose of establishing or enforcing a medical support obligation. An insurer shall provide the health insurance information required in this section to the sta…
N.D.C.C. § 50-09-38 Transition assistance for child care
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The state agency shall establish a program of transition assistance to pay a portion of the cost of child care for families that lose eligibility, and remain ineligible, for benefits under section 50-09-29 due to earnings from employment. This program must: 1. Provide benefits fo…