252J.1 - DEFINITIONS.
252J.1 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Certificate of noncompliance" means a document provided
by the child support recovery unit certifying that the named
individual is not in compliance with any of the following:
a. A support order.
b. A written agreement for payment of support entered into by
the unit and the obligor.
c. A subpoena or warrant relating to a paternity or support
proceeding.
2. "Individual" means a parent, an obligor, or a putative
father in a paternity or support proceeding.
3. "License" means a license, certification, registration,
permit, approval, renewal, or other similar authorization issued to
an individual by a licensing authority which evidences the admission
to, or granting of authority to engage in, a profession, occupation,
business, industry, or recreation or to operate or register a motor
vehicle. "License" includes licenses for hunting, fishing,
boating, or other recreational activity.
4. "Licensee" means an individual to whom a license has been
issued, or who is seeking the issuance of a license.
5. "Licensing authority" means a county treasurer, county
recorder or designated depositary, the supreme court, or an
instrumentality, agency, board, commission, department, officer,
organization, or any other entity of the state, which has authority
within this state to suspend or revoke a license or to deny the
renewal or issuance of a license authorizing an individual to
register or operate a motor vehicle or to engage in a business,
occupation, profession, recreation, or industry.
6. "Obligor" means a natural person as defined in section
252G.1 who has been ordered by a court or administrative authority to
pay support.
7. "Subpoena or warrant" means a subpoena or warrant relating
to a paternity or support proceeding initiated or obtained by the
unit or a child support agency as defined in section 252H.2.
8. "Support" means support or support payments as defined in
section 252D.16, whether established through court or administrative
order.
9. "Support order" means an order for support issued pursuant
to chapter 232, 234, 252A, 252C, 252D, 252E, 252F, 252H, 598, 600B,
or any other applicable chapter, or under a comparable statute of a
foreign jurisdiction as registered with the clerk of the district
court or certified to the child support recovery unit.
10. "Unit" means the child support recovery unit created in
section 252B.2.
11. "Withdrawal of a certificate of noncompliance" means a
document provided by the unit certifying that the certificate of
noncompliance is withdrawn and that the licensing authority may
proceed with issuance, reinstatement, or renewal of an individual's
license. Section History: Recent Form
95 Acts, ch 115, §1; 97 Acts, ch 175, §112, 113
Referred to in § 252B.5, 252B.9, 252I.1, 261.121