Tex. Finance Code § 396.202
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 396.202, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 396.202. RECORDS.
Official statutory text
(a) A private child support enforcement agency shall maintain records of all child support collections made on behalf of, and disbursed to, a client who is an obligee, including:
(1) the name of any obligor who made child support payments collected by the agency;
(2) the amount of support collected by the agency for each client, including:
(A) the date on which the amount was collected; and
(B) the date on which each amount due the client by the obligor was paid to the client;
(3) a copy of the order establishing the child support obligation under which a collection was made by the agency; and
(4) any other pertinent information relating to the child support obligation, including any case, cause, or docket number of the court having jurisdiction over the matter.
(b) The records required under this section must be updated at least monthly and must be maintained by the private child support enforcement agency for a period of four years from the date of the last support payment collected by the agency on behalf of an obligee.
(1) the name of any obligor who made child support payments collected by the agency;
(2) the amount of support collected by the agency for each client, including:
(A) the date on which the amount was collected; and
(B) the date on which each amount due the client by the obligor was paid to the client;
(3) a copy of the order establishing the child support obligation under which a collection was made by the agency; and
(4) any other pertinent information relating to the child support obligation, including any case, cause, or docket number of the court having jurisdiction over the matter.
(b) The records required under this section must be updated at least monthly and must be maintained by the private child support enforcement agency for a period of four years from the date of the last support payment collected by the agency on behalf of an obligee.
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