40-5-165. Duties of state information agency. (1) The department of public health and human services is designated as the state information agency under this part.
     (2) The department shall:
     (a) compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this state that have jurisdiction under this part and of any support enforcement agencies in this state and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state;
     (b) maintain a register of tribunals and support enforcement agencies of other states;
     (c) forward to the appropriate tribunal in the place in this state in which the individual obligee or the obligor resides or in which the obligor's property is believed to be located all documents concerning a proceeding under this part received from an initiating tribunal or the state information agency of the initiating state; and
     (d) obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor's property within this state not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor's address from employers, and examination of governmental records, including, to the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver's licenses, and social security.

     History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 237, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 48, Ch. 121, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 93-2601-57; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 328, L. 1993; Sec. 40-5-118, MCA 1991; redes. 40-5-165 by Code Commissioner, 1993; amd. Sec. 130, Ch. 546, L. 1995.