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 NC 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?

What other types of local governments are eligible to participate?

  • Joint Regional Agencies (created under Article 20 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes)
  • 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 130A 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
  • Regional Solid Waste Management Authorities (created under Article 22 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes - effective January 1, 2013

    • Are you eligible and ready to begin? 

    2025 Participation Form (allows for participation until December 31, 2025)

    Not sure how to get started?  New participants Checklist

    Debt Setoff Success

    Eighty-six (86) local governments have surpassed ONE Million dollars since inception (As of October 8, 2024). Four hundred seventy-one local governments have received funds through the debt setoff program since 2002.

    Counties (60)

    30) Nash: $1.038M30) Nash: $1.038M
    1) Gaston: $17.21M 2) Wake: $17.12M 3) Guilford: $15.61M 4)Mecklenburg: $14.86M
    5)New Hanover:$13.80M 6) Forsyth: $11.20M 7) Durham: $10.64M 8) Robeson: $9.43M
    9) Granville: $8.77M 10) Cleveland: $8.35M 11) Rowan: $6.92M 12) Wayne: $5.59M
    13) Pitt: $5.50M 14) Iredell: $4.68M 15) Rockingham:$4.59M 16) Davidson: $4.55M
    17) Johnston: $4.51M 18) Union: $4.43M 19) Catawba: $4.42M 20) Lincoln: $4.13M
    21) Caldwell: $4.10M 22) Alamance: $4.03M 23) Vance: $3.90M 24) Craven: $3.84M
    25) Buncombe: $3.57M 26) Randolph: $3.57M   27) Surry: $3.37M 28) Wilkes: $3.25M
    29) Duplin: $3.24M 30) Onslow: $3.15M 31) Nash: $2.90M 32) Bladen: $2.73M
    33) Wilson: $2.72M 34) Sampson: $2.70M 35) Cabarrus: $2.58M 36) Franklin: $2.53M
    37) Harnett: $2.52M 38) Henderson: $2.46M 39) Burke: $2.14M 40) Hertford: $1.93M
    41) Person: $1.79M 42) Pasquotank: $1.79M 43) Cumberland:$1.76M 44) Beaufort: $1.74M
    45) Stanly: $1.70M 46) Halifax: $1.70M 47) Martin: $1.69M  48) Yadkin: $1.62M
    49) Davie: $1.59M 50) Carteret: $1.52M 51) Edgecombe: $1.50M 52) Rutherford: $1.34M
    53) Bertie: $1.34M 54)Northampton: $1.31M 55) Washington:$1.28M 56) Lenoir: $1.28M
    57) Alexander: $1.20M 58) McDowell: 1.16M 59) Orange: $1.11M 60) Scotland: $1.04M

    Municipalities (24)

    1) Raleigh: $10.07M 2) Charlotte: $8.75M 3) High Point: $5.41M
    4) Winston-Salem: $5.16M 5) Wilson: $3.86M 6) Greenville: $3.48M
    7) Greensboro: $3.14M 8) Rocky Mount: $2.88M 9) Lexington: $2.72M
    10) Gastonia: $2.68M 11) Concord: $2.66M 12) Asheville: $2.32M
    13) New Bern: $2.09M 14) Durham: $1.95M  15) Lumberton: $1.61M
    16) Monroe: $1.44M 17) Fayetteville: $1.43M 18) Salisbury: $1.21M
    19) Elizabeth City: $1.16M 20) Statesville: $1.03M 21) Shelby: $1.03M
    22) Washington: $1.01M 23) Morganton: $1.00M 24) Clayton: $1.00M

    Other (2)

    Cape : $21.605M
    1) Mecklenburg EMS: $37.30M 2) Cape Fear Public Utility: $1.94M  

    Local Government Units Receiving Funds in 2024 (403 of 466)

    1) Counties:  96/98 2) Municipalities: 260/318 3) Joint Regional Authorities: 6/6
    4) Public Health Authorities: 5/5 5) Sanitary Districts: 7/7 6) Water & Sewer Authorities: 8/8
    7)Metropolitan Sewerage Dist.: 1/1  8) Housing Authorities: 20/22