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340:25-5-265.1. Access of consumer reporting agency - credit bureau - information

Revised 7-1-09

(a) Access to information.  Oklahoma Child Support Services (OCSS) periodically accesses credit information available through consumer reporting agencies - credit bureaus.  Access of this information is governed by Sections 1681b and 1681f of Title 15 of the United States Code.

(b) Notice.

(1) Each time OCSS requests a full credit bureau report on a noncustodial parent for use in establishment or modification of a support order, OCSS sends the noncustodial parent advance notice to confirm that the report requested belongs to the correct person.  The noncustodial parent is not required to authorize release of the report.

(2) OCSS does not send a noncustodial parent advance notice when OCSS requests a credit bureau report for locate or enforcement purposes.   • 1

INSTRUCTIONS TO STAFF 340:25-5-265.1

Revised 7-1-09

1.  Child support staff consult the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) Policy Interpretation Question PIQ-99-08, available from the OCSE Web site at https://www.acf.hhs.gov/css/policy-guidance/furnishing-consumer-reports-certain-purposes-relating-child-support.

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