Legislation

§ 111-t. Authority to secure assets. The department or a social
services district or its authorized representative, or another state's
child support enforcement agency governed by title IV-D of the social
security act, for the purpose of collecting overdue support, shall be
authorized in accordance with all applicable provisions of law, to
secure assets otherwise due a support obligor by:

1. intercepting or seizing periodic or lump sum payments due such
obligor from:

(a) a state or local agency, including unemployment compensation,
workers' compensation, and other benefits; and

(b) judgments, settlements and lottery winnings;

2. attaching and seizing assets of such obligors which are held in
financial institutions;

3. attaching public and private retirement funds of such obligors;
and

4. imposing liens against real and personal property owned by such
obligors; and where appropriate, forcing the sale of property owned by
such obligors and distributing proceeds from the sale of such
properties.