North Carolina § 52C-5-507 - Administrative enforcement of orders.
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§ 52C-5-507. Administrative enforcement of orders.
A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of this State. Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, without initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by the law of this State to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both. If the obligor does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered. If the obligor contests the validity or administrative enforcement of the order, the support enforcement agency shall register the order pursuant to this Chapter. History (1997-433, s. 10.8; 1998-17, s. 1; 2015-117, s. 1.)
Source: official North Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 52C-5-507 ("Administrative enforcement of orders.") is part of the North Carolina General Statutes, the codified statutory law of North Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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