(a) Upon motion of an obligee, if a court finds that the obligor is a debtor for a judgment debt resulting from nonpayment of court-ordered child support or maintenance payments, or both, in an amount equal to or greater than three times the obligor's total monthly support and maintenance payments, the court shall order the commissioner of public safety to enter a lien in the name of the obligee or in the name of the state of Minnesota, as appropriate, in accordance with section 168A.05, subdivision 8, unless the court finds that the obligor is in compliance with a written payment agreement pursuant to section 518A.69 that is approved by the court, a child support magistrate, or the public authority. The court's order must be stayed for 90 days in order to allow the obligor to execute a written payment agreement pursuant to section 518A.69, which shall be approved by either the court or the public authority responsible for child support enforcement. If the obligor has not executed or is not in compliance with a written payment agreement pursuant to section 518A.69 that is approved by the court, a child support magistrate, or the public authority within the 90-day period, the court's order becomes effective and the commissioner of public safety shall record the lien on any motor vehicle certificate of title subsequently issued in the name of the obligor. The remedy under this section is in addition to any other enforcement remedy available to the court.
(b) If a public authority responsible for child support enforcement determines that the obligor is a debtor for judgment debt resulting from nonpayment of court-ordered child support or maintenance payments, or both, in an amount equal to or greater than three times the obligor's total monthly support and maintenance payments, the public authority shall direct the commissioner of public safety to enter a lien in the name of the obligee or in the name of the state of Minnesota, as appropriate, under section 168A.05, subdivision 8, on any motor vehicle certificate of title subsequently issued in the name of the obligor unless the public authority determines that the obligor is in compliance with a written payment agreement pursuant to section 518A.69 that is approved by the court, a child support magistrate, or the public authority. The remedy under this section is in addition to any other enforcement remedy available to the public agency.
(c) At least 90 days prior to notifying the commissioner of public safety pursuant to paragraph (b), the public authority must mail a written notice to the obligor at the obligor's last known address, that it intends to record a lien on any motor vehicle certificate of title subsequently issued in the name of the obligor and that the obligor must request a hearing within 30 days in order to contest the action. If the obligor makes a written request for a hearing within 30 days of the date of the notice, a court hearing must be held. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the obligor must be served with 14 days' notice in writing specifying the time and place of the hearing and the allegations against the obligor. The notice may be served personally or by mail. If the public authority does not receive a request for a hearing within 30 days of the date of the notice and the obligor does not execute or is not in compliance with a written payment agreement pursuant to section 518A.69 that is approved by the public authority within 90 days of the date of the notice, the public authority shall direct the commissioner of public safety to record the lien under paragraph (b).
(d) At a hearing requested by the obligor under paragraph (c), and on finding that the obligor is in arrears in court-ordered child support or maintenance payments or both in an amount equal to or greater than three times the obligor's total monthly support and maintenance payments, the district court or child support magistrate shall order the commissioner of public safety to record the lien unless the court or child support magistrate determines that the obligor has executed and is in compliance with a written payment agreement pursuant to section 518A.69 that is determined to be acceptable by the court, a child support magistrate, or the public authority.
(e) An obligor may provide proof to the court or the public authority responsible for child support enforcement that the obligor is in compliance with all written payment agreements pursuant to section 518A.69 or that the value of the motor vehicle is less than the exemption provided under section 550.37. Within 15 days of the receipt of that proof, the court or public authority shall either execute a release of security interest under section 168A.20, subdivision 4, and mail or deliver the release to the owner or other authorized person or shall direct the commissioner of public safety not to enter a lien on any motor vehicle certificate of title subsequently issued in the name of the obligor in instances where a lien has not yet been entered.
(f) Any lien recorded against a motor vehicle certificate of title under this section and section 168A.05, subdivision 8, attaches only to the nonexempt value of the motor vehicle as determined in accordance with section 550.37. The value of a motor vehicle must be determined in accordance with the retail value described in the N.A.D.A. Official Used Car Guide, Midwest Edition, for the current year, or in accordance with the purchase price as defined in section 297B.01, subdivision 14.
1971 c 961 s 21; 1974 c 107 s 20; 1977 c 282 s 29; 1978 c 772 s 50; 1979 c 259 s 25; 1981 c 349 s 6; 1981 c 360 art 2 s 46; 3Sp1981 c 3 s 19; 1982 c 488 s 4,5; 1983 c 308 s 16-20; 1984 c 547 s 18,19; 1985 c 131 s 7; 1986 c 406 s 4; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1987 c 403 art 3 s 79,80; 1988 c 593 s 8; 1988 c 668 s 17,18; 1989 c 282 art 2 s 190,191; 1990 c 568 art 2 s 70-72; 1990 c 574 s 18; 1991 c 266 s 2; 1991 c 292 art 5 s 75-78; 1992 c 513 art 8 s 53,54; 1993 c 34 s 1; 1993 c 322 s 12; 1993 c 340 s 32-38; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 6 s 44; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1994 c 488 s 8; 1994 c 630 art 11 s 9,10; 1995 c 186 s 94; 1995 c 257 art 1 s 23-26; 1997 c 66 s 79; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 42,43; 1997 c 245 art 1 s 13-17; art 3 s 10; 1998 c 382 art 1 s 7-11; 1999 c 107 s 66; 1999 c 159 s 136; 1999 c 196 art 1 s 6; art 2 s 9-11; 1999 c 245 art 7 s 8; 2000 c 343 s 4; 2000 c 444 art 2 s 37; 2001 c 51 s 13,14; 2001 c 134 s 1; 2001 c 158 s 1; 2002 c 344 s 13-16; 2003 c 130 s 12; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 58; art 10 s 5,6; 2005 c 116 s 4; 2005 c 164 s 7,8,29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28; 2006 c 280 s 15,16,22; 2006 c 282 art 18 s 3
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations
Section 518A.26 — Definitions.
Section 518A.27 — Maintenance Or Support Money.
Section 518A.28 — Providing Income Information.
Section 518A.29 — Calculation Of Gross Income.
Section 518A.30 — Income From Self-employment Or Operation Of A Business.
Section 518A.31 — Social Security Or Veterans' Benefit Payments Received On Behalf Of The Child.
Section 518A.32 — Potential Income.
Section 518A.33 — Deduction From Income For Nonjoint Children.
Section 518A.34 — Computation Of Child Support Obligations.
Section 518A.35 — Guideline Used In Child Support Determinations.
Section 518A.36 — Parenting Expense Adjustment.
Section 518A.37 — Written Findings.
Section 518A.38 — Minor Children; Support.
Section 518A.39 — Modification Of Orders Or Decrees.
Section 518A.40 — Child Care Support.
Section 518A.41 — Medical Support.
Section 518A.42 — Ability To Pay; Self-support Adjustment.
Section 518A.43 — Deviations From Child Support Guidelines.
Section 518A.44 — Notice To Public Authority.
Section 518A.45 — Failure Of Notice.
Section 518A.47 — Provision Of Legal Services By The Public Authority.
Section 518A.48 — Sufficiency Of Notice.
Section 518A.49 — Assignment Of Rights; Judgment.
Section 518A.50 — Payment To Public Agency.
Section 518A.51 — Fees For Iv-d Services.
Section 518A.52 — Overpayments.
Section 518A.53 — Income Withholding.
Section 518A.54 — Child Support Payment Center; Definitions.
Section 518A.55 — Central Collections Unit.
Section 518A.56 — Mandatory Payment Of Obligations To Central Collections Unit.
Section 518A.57 — Notice Of Order.
Section 518A.58 — Escrow Account; Child Support; Maintenance Obligation.
Section 518A.59 — Notice Of Interest On Late Child Support.
Section 518A.60 — Collection; Arrears Only.
Section 518A.61 — Collection; Revenue Recapture.
Section 518A.62 — Child Support Debt And Arrearage Management.
Section 518A.64 — Administrative Seek Employment Orders.
Section 518A.65 — Driver's License Suspension.
Section 518A.66 — Occupational License Suspension.
Section 518A.67 — Motor Vehicle Lien.
Section 518A.68 — Recreational License Suspension.
Section 518A.685 — Consumer Reporting Agency; Reporting Arrears.
Section 518A.69 — Payment Agreements.
Section 518A.70 — Data On Suspensions For Support Arrears.
Section 518A.71 — Security; Sequestration; Contempt.
Section 518A.72 — Contempt Proceedings For Nonpayment Of Support.
Section 518A.73 — Employer Contempt.
Section 518A.735 — Enforcement Of Child Support.
Section 518A.74 — Publication Of Names Of Delinquent Child Support Obligors.
Section 518A.75 — Cost-of-living Adjustments In Maintenance Or Child Support Order.
Section 518A.76 — Case Reviewer.