Definitions
Sec. 1. For purposes of this chapter:
"Claimant agency" means any state department, institution,
commission, committee, board, division, bureau, authority, officer,
official, or clerk of a circuit court.
"Debtor" means any person or legal entity that is delinquent in
paying a debt to a claimant agency that has not been adjudicated,
satisfied by court order, set aside by court order, or discharged in
bankruptcy.
"Debt" means any liquidated amount owed and due to a Title
IV-D agency of another state, or to any claimant agency which has
accrued through contract, subrogation, assignment for purposes of
collection, tort, operation of law, or any other legal theory, regardless
of whether there is an outstanding judgment for that sum.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.97, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.53-1985,
SEC.3; P.L.277-2003, SEC.1.
Last modified: May 28, 2006