Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 25 § 25.020 — When

When support payment to be made to Department of Justice; collection agency services; duties of department; credit for payments not made to department; rules. (1) Support payments for or on behalf of any person that are ordered, registered or filed under this chapter or ORS chapter 107, 108, 109, 110, 419B or 419C, unless otherwise authorized by ORS 25.030, shall be made to the Department of Justice as the state disbursement unit: (a) During periods for which support is assigned under ORS 412.024, 418.032 or 419B.406; (b) As provided by rules adopted under ORS 180.345, when public assistance is provided to a person who receives or has a right to receive support payments on the person’s own behalf or on behalf of another person; (c) After the assignment of support terminates for as long as amounts assigned remain owing; (d) For any period during which child support services are provided under ORS 25.080; (e) When ordered by the court under ORS 419B.400; (f) When a support order that is entered or modified on or after January 1, 1994, includes a provision requiring the obligor to pay support by income withholding; or (g) When ordered by the court under any other applicable provision of law. (2)(a) The Department of Justice shall disburse payments, after lawful deduction of fees and in accordance with applicable statutes and rules, to those persons and entities that are lawfully entitled to receive such payments. (b) During a period for which support is assigned under ORS 412.024, for an obligee described in subsection (1)(b) of this section, the department shall disburse to the obligee, from child support collected each month, $50 for each child up to a maximum of $200 per family. (3)(a) When the administrator is providing child support services under ORS 25.080, the obligee may enter into an agreement with a collection agency, as defined in ORS 697.005, for assistance in collecting child support payments. (b) The collection agency: (A) May provide investigative and location services to the obligee and disclose relevant information from those services to the administrator for purposes of providing child support services under ORS 25.080; (B) May not charge interest or a fee for its services exceeding 29 percent of each support payment received unless the collection agency, if allowed by the terms of the agreement between the collection agency and the obligee, hires an attorney to perform legal services on behalf of the obligee; (C) May not initiate, without written authorization from the administrator, any enforcement action relating to support payments on which child support services are provided by the administrator under ORS 25.080; and (D) Shall include in the agreement with the obligee a notice printed in type size equal to at least 12-point type that provides information on the fees, penalties, termination and duration of the agreement. (c) The administrator may use information disclosed by the collection agency to provide child support services under ORS 25.080. (4) The Department of Justice may immediately transmit to the obligee payments received from any obligor without waiting for payment or clearance of the check or instrument received if the obligor has not previously tendered any payment by a check or instrument that was not paid or was dishonored. (5) The Department of Justice shall provide notice to each obligor and obligee when support payments must be made to the department and when the obligation to make payments in this manner ceases. The department may provide the notice by regular first class mail or, if authorized by the recipient, electronic mail or other electronic delivery method as described by the administrator by rule. (6)(a) The administrator shall provide information about a child support account directly to a party to the support order regardless of whether the party is represented by an attorney. As used in this subsection, “information about a child support account” means the: (A) Date of issuance of the support order. (B) Amount of the support order. (C) Dates and amounts of payments. (D) Dates and amounts of disbursements. (E) Payee of any disbursements. (F) Amount of any arrearage. (G) Source of any collection, to the extent allowed by federal law. (b) Nothing in this subsection limits the information the administrator may provide by law to a party who is not represented by an attorney. (7) Any pleading for the entry or modification of a support order must contain a statement that payment of support under a new or modified order will be by income withholding unless an exception to payment by income withholding is granted under ORS 25.396. (8)(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this subsection, a judgment or order establishing parentage or including a provision concerning support must contain: (A) The residence, mailing or contact address, final four digits of the Social Security number