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Chapter 26.23 RCW

STATE SUPPORT REGISTRY

Complete chapter HTMLPDF

RCW dispositions

Sections

HTMLPDF 26.23.010Intent.
HTMLPDF 26.23.020Definitions.
HTMLPDF 26.23.030Registry—Creation—Duties—Interest on unpaid child support—Record retention.
HTMLPDF 26.23.033State case registry—Submission of support orders.
HTMLPDF 26.23.035Distribution of support payments—Rules—Child support pass through.
HTMLPDF 26.23.037Insurer information exchange—Child support debt—Reporting requirements.
HTMLPDF 26.23.039Insurance company's compliance—Insurance claim data collection organization.
HTMLPDF 26.23.040Employment reporting requirements—Exceptions—Penalties—Retention of records.
HTMLPDF 26.23.045Support enforcement services.
HTMLPDF 26.23.050Support orders—Provisions—Enforcement—Confidential information form—Rules.
HTMLPDF 26.23.055Support proceedings, orders, and registry—Required information—Duty to update—Service.
HTMLPDF 26.23.060Income withholding order—Answer—Processing fee.
HTMLPDF 26.23.063Income withholding order—Employer notice requirements of lump sum payments.
HTMLPDF 26.23.065Requirement to remit payments by electronic funds transfer—Employer, business, or payroll processor—Waiver.
HTMLPDF 26.23.070Payments to registry—Methods—Immunity from civil liability.
HTMLPDF 26.23.075Payments—Dishonored checks—Fees—Rules.
HTMLPDF 26.23.080Certain acts by employers prohibited—Penalties.
HTMLPDF 26.23.090Employer liability for failure or refusal to respond or remit earnings.
HTMLPDF 26.23.100Motion to quash, modify, or terminate payroll deduction—Grounds for relief.
HTMLPDF 26.23.110Procedures when amount of support obligation needs to be determined—Notice—Adjudicative proceeding—Rules.
HTMLPDF 26.23.120Information and records—Confidentiality—Disclosure—Adjudicative proceeding—Rules—Penalties.
HTMLPDF 26.23.130Notice to department of child support or maintenance orders.
HTMLPDF 26.23.140Collection and disclosure of social security numbers—Finding—Waiver requested to prevent fraud.
HTMLPDF 26.23.150Recording of social security numbers—Compliance with federal requirement—Restricted disclosure.
HTMLPDF 26.23.900Effective date—1987 c 435.

Notes:

Authority of office of support enforcement to take support enforcement action against earnings within the state: RCW 74.20A.095.