23-3121. Reporting of support arrearages to consumer credit reporting agencies. (a) As used in this section, "consumer reporting agency" means any person which, for monetary fees or dues or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information or other information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing consumer reports to third parties and which uses any means or facility of interstate commerce for the purpose of preparing or furnishing consumer reports.
(b) The secretary for children and families shall develop procedures for making information concerning support arrearages owed or assigned to the secretary or owed to any person who has applied for services pursuant to K.S.A. 39-756, and amendments thereto, available to consumer reporting agencies upon their request. The procedures shall provide for the information to be made available to such agencies in any case in which the support arrearage is $1,000 or more unless the secretary determines that providing the information is not appropriate in a particular case. The procedures may additionally provide for the information to be available to such agencies if the amount of the support arrearage is less than $1,000.
(c) The secretary may charge a consumer reporting agency requesting support arrearage information a fee not to exceed the actual cost to the secretary in providing such information.
(d) Prior to providing any information concerning an obligor's arrearage to a consumer reporting agency, the secretary shall provide advance notice to the obligor who owes support by first-class mail to the obligor's last known address, concerning the proposed release of information to a consumer reporting agency and of the methods available for contesting the accuracy of the information as provided for in K.S.A. 50-710, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1985, ch. 115, § 28; L. 1991, ch. 97, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 42; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 23 - Kansas Family Law Code-revised
Article 31 - Enforcement Of Support Orders
23-3101 Title and purpose of act; severability.
23-3107 Modification or termination of withholding order, when; notice; medical withholding order.
23-3108 Improper withholding; refund or credit.
23-3109 Duty of obligee and public office to provide certain notices; records of support payments.
23-3111 Bond requirement when obligor self-employed or withholding otherwise impracticable.
23-3112 Act not limitation on other remedies.
23-3113 Forms and informational materials; system to monitor payments; subcontractors.
23-3115 Same; withholding order; issuance.
23-3116 Same; requirements of withholding order.
23-3117 Same; duties of payor with respect to withholding order.
23-3118 Same; failure to maintain coverage.
23-3119 Support enforcement proceeding; failure to comply; penalties.
23-3120 Child support enforcement; licensing bodies; professional license.
23-3121 Reporting of support arrearages to consumer credit reporting agencies.
23-3122 Lien upon vehicles, vessels, aircraft.
23-3123 Distribution of support payments; rules and regulations.
23-3124 Income withholding order; lump sum payment; attachment.
23-3125 Same; notice to obligor; hearing.
23-3126 Income withholding; unemployment insurance benefits.