Section 1240-02-05-.11 - AUTHORITY OVER SEIZED OR SOLD PROPERTY(1) The Commissioner or the Commissioner's agent shall have charge of all real estate or personal property which is or shall become the property of the Department by seizure or judgment under any provision of this Chapter or any other Title of the Tennessee Code Annotated, or which has been or shall be assigned, set off, or conveyed by purchase or otherwise to the Department in payment of child support obligations, debts or penalties arising thereunder, or which has been or shall be vested in the Department by mortgage or other security for the payment for such obligations and of all trusts created for the use of the Department in payment of such obligations, debts or penalties due the Department.(2) Any assets of the obligor which are vested in the Department may be used as required or permitted under State and Federal law or regulations relative to the distribution and disbursement of support payments collected by a Title IV-D agency, to pay to the obligee for prior child support, medical support or spousal obligations which have remained unpaid or to repay the State of Tennessee or the Federal government for any cash assistance payments made on behalf of a child or the child's caretaker. Any amount collected on behalf of another State or Territory shall be paid by the Department to that State or Territory's child support receipting unit.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1240-02-05-.11
Original rule filed December 18, 2001; effective March 3, 2002.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202;36-5-901 et seq.; 36-5-908, and 36-5-912.