{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-social-services-law-111-t","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-t","heading":"Authority to secure assets","body":"§ 111-t.  Authority to secure assets.  The department or a social\nservices district or its authorized representative, or another state's\nchild support enforcement agency governed by title IV-D of the social\nsecurity act, for the purpose of collecting overdue support, shall be\nauthorized in accordance with all applicable provisions of law, to\nsecure assets otherwise due a support obligor by:\n  1.  intercepting or seizing periodic or lump sum payments due such\nobligor from:\n  (a)  a state or local agency, including unemployment compensation,\nworkers' compensation, and other benefits; and\n  (b)  judgments, settlements and lottery winnings;\n  2.  attaching and seizing assets of such obligors which are held in\nfinancial institutions;\n  3.  attaching public and private retirement funds of such obligors;\nand\n  4.  imposing liens against real and personal property owned by such\nobligors; and where appropriate, forcing the sale of property owned by\nsuch obligors and distributing proceeds from the sale of such\nproperties.","path":["Social Services Law","Article 3. Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties","Title 6-A. Establishment of Paternity and Enforcement of Support"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/SOS/111-T","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"2723e203d9ba4b0a183115d6d6347176ff33334c5f1842f56af4a60c67f1afbd","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-social-services-law-111-s","next":"us-ny/n.y.-social-services-law-111-u"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}