eSingleParent:Collecting Child support Credit Bureau Reporting

Listed below are those states that routinely report persons behind in child support payments to the credit bureaus, and the criteria used.

State	Amount Behind in Payments	Days Behind in Payments
Alabama	$1000
Alaska	$1000
Arizona		30
Arkansas	$1000
California		30
Colorado	(a)
Connecticut	$1000
Delaware	$1000
District of Columbia	$1000#
Florida	$1000
Georgia	(b)
Guam	Did not report
Hawaii	$1000
Idaho	$500*	30
Illinois	$150 for TANF cases, $500 for non-assistance cases
Indiana	$1000
Iowa	$1000
Kansas		30
Kentucky	$1000
Louisiana	Two months obligation
Maine	$1000
Maryland
Massachusetts	$500
Michigan		60
Minnesota	$1000
Mississippi		30
Missouri	$1000 (c)
Montana
Nebraska	$500
Nevada	$5000	180
New Hampshire		60
New Jersey	$1000
New Mexico		30
New York	$1000
North Carolina	#
North Dakota	(d)
Ohio		30
Oklahoma	$1000
Oregon		30
Pennsylvania	Two months obligation
Puerto Rico		30
Rhode Island		30
South Carolina	No criteria*
South Dakota	$1000
Tennessee	No criteria (e)
Texas	No criteria (f)
Utah	$500
Vermont	Three months obligation
Virgin Islands	Does not report to credit bureaus
Virginia	$500 for arrears cases only	90 for current support
Washington	$1000# (g.)
West Virginia	$1000	60 with prior notice to obligor
Wisconsin	$1000
Wyoming	Does not report to credit bureaus

Colorado reports all cases (instead of delinquent cases only) to the credit bureau.

$5000 now but may be lowered once the STARS re-write is implemented next year.

There must be an open IV-D case; Missouri is not the responding state if the case is a two-state interstate case; DCSE must have a Social Security Number for the non-custodial parent; and the NCP’s address must be known to DCSE. Missouri automatically provides monthly, electronic reports to the three major consumer reporting agencies (credit bureaus)--Experian, Equifax and Trans Union. The names of all non-custodial parents who meet the above criteria are submitted. Other companies must request this service from DCSE.

Tennessee will refer the name of any non-custodial parent, of which the Tennessee IV-D agency has a record, who is either current in payments of support or who is delinquent and the amount of the current obligations or delinquent support owed by such parent.

All obligated cases are reported regardless of whether there is a delinquency or all payments are current.

The child support debt must be equal to or greater than $1000, AND payments in the past two months must be less than 2 x MOA (Monthly Order Amount) for all non-custodial parent cases.

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Child Support Collection

State by State Child Support Laws