Art. 1303.10. Duties of the Department of Children and Family Services; state information
agency
A. The Department of Children and Family Services is the state information agency
under this Chapter.
B. The state information agency shall:
(1) Compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this
state that have jurisdiction under this Chapter and any support enforcement agencies in this
state and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state;
(2) Maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals and support enforcement
agencies received from other states;
(3) Forward to the appropriate tribunal in the place 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 under this Chapter received from another
state or a foreign country; and
(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, drivers' licenses, and social security.
Acts 1995, No. 251, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 1997, No. 1241, §1, eff. July 15, 1997;
Acts 2015, No. 80, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.