A Great Method for the Recovery of Debts
What We Do...
We assist North Carolina local governments with the recovery of any delinquent debts by offsetting debtors' North Carolina state tax refunds and Education lottery winnings. As long as the debt is $50 or more and has been delinquent 60 days the process can begin. There is NO COST to participate with the N.C. Debt Setoff Clearinghouse. Since the debtor pays all fees, there is only the effort and cost of mailing the required notification letters.
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Who is Eligible to Participate?
- Counties
- Municipalities
- Joint Regional Agencies (created by inter-local agreement under Article 20 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes between two or more counties, municipalities or both)
- Metropolitan Sewerage Districts (created under Article 5 of Chapter 162A of the General Statutes)
- Public Health Authorities (created under Part 1B of Article 2 of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes)
- Sanitary Districts (created under Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 1302A of the General Statutes)
- Water and Sewer Authorities (created under Article 1 of Chapter 162A of the General Statutes)
- Housing Authorities (created under Chapter 157 of the General Statutes (debt must be final judgment in favor of Housing Authority) - effective October 1, 2011
Are you eligible and ready to begin? 2012 Participation Form
Not sure how to get started? New participants Checklist
Debt Setoff Success
Thirty-five
local governments have surpassed the ONE Million dollars since inception.
(As of December 13, 2011 - final for 2011)
Counties (25)
| 1) Gaston: $9.189M | 2) Cleveland: $4.831M | 3) Mecklenburg: $4.598M | 4) Wake: $3.859M |
| 5) Forsyth: $3.416M | 6) Guilford: $3.373M | 7) Robeson: $3.314M | 8) Durham: $3.223M |
| 9) Wayne: $2.976M | 10) Rowan: $2.728M | 11) Vance: $2.198M | 12) Rockingham: $1.974M |
| 13) Pitt: $1.974M | 14) Lincoln: $1.737M | 15) Iredell: $1.632M | 16) Craven: $1.551M |
| 17) Duplin: $1.546M | 18) Randolph: $1.530M | 19) Caldwell: $1.431M | 20) Catawba: $1.400M | 21) Johnston: $1.299M | 22) Wilson: $1.256M | 23) Union: $1.243M | 24) Alamance: $1.192M | 25) Hertford: $1.133M |
Municipalities (9)
| 1) Charlotte: $2.739M | 2) Winston-Salem: $2.186M | 3) Raleigh: $2.084M |
| 4) High Point: $1.714M | 5) Durham: $1.492M | 6) Asheville: $1.316M | 7) Wilson: $1.311M | 8) Lexington: $1.119M | 9) Gastonia: $1.114M |
Other (1)
| 1) Mecklenburg EMS: $8.287M |
Local Government Units Receiving Funds in 2011 (346)
| 1) Counties: 94 | 2) Municipalities: 228 |
3) Joint Regional Authorities: 4|
4) Public Health Authorities: 5
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5) Sanitary Districts: 8
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6) Water & Sewer Authorities: 6
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7)Metropolitan Sewerage Dist.: 1
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