A. The human services department [health care authority department] is the state information agency pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.

B. The state information agency shall:

1. (1) compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this state that have jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act and any support enforcement agencies in this state and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state;
2. (2) maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states;
3. (3) forward to the appropriate tribunal in the county in this state in which the obligee who is an individual or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor's property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a proceeding pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act received from another state or a foreign country; and
4. (4) obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor's property within this state not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor's address from employers and examination of governmental records, including, to the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver's licenses and social security.

History: Laws 1994, ch. 107, § 310; 2005, ch. 166, § 21; 2011, ch. 159, § 22.

ANNOTATIONS

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 2023, ch. 205, § 16 provided that references to the human services department shall be deemed to be references to the health care authority department.

Compiler’s notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 61, § 1 repealed Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, an applicability clause and contingent effective date, respectively, effective May 18, 2016, thereby making Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 1 through 68, effective May 18, 2016. For provisions of Laws 2011, ch. 159, §§ 69 and 70, see compiler’s note to 40-6A-100 NMSA 1978.

The 2011 amendment, effective May 18, 2016, included documents from another state or a foreign country within the scope of Subsection B.

The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, provided in Subsection (b)(2) that the state information agency shall maintain a register of the names and address of tribunals and support agencies of other states and added the qualification in Subsection (b)(3) that the obligee must be an individual.