Texas Family Code - Section 159.310. Duties Of State Information Agency

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§ 159.310. DUTIES OF STATE INFORMATION AGENCY.  (a) The 
Title IV-D agency 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 send 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 county 
in this state where the obligee who is an individual or the obligor 
resides, or where the obligor's property is believed to be located, 
all documents concerning a proceeding under this chapter received 
from an initiating tribunal or the state information agency of the 
initiating state;  and
		(4)  obtain information concerning the location of the 
obligor and the obligor's property in 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.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, § 19, eff. Sept. 1, 
2003.

Last modified: August 10, 2007