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Wis. Stats: 49.854 (5)(c) Liens in favor of other states as regarding child support.

Public Assistance and Children and Family Services
49.854 Liens against property for delinquent support payments.

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    (5) Levying against financial accounts.

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(c) Liens in favor of other states.

  1. Notwithstanding par. (b), if a lien under par. (b) is in favor of another state, the notice sent by the department to the financial institution may consist of the request from the other state to enforce the lien, a certification by the department that any necessary due process requirements were met in the other state, a request that the financial institution honor the request from the other state by sending the amount specified in the request directly to the other state, and the address to which the financial institution shall send the funds.
  2. If a financial institution receives directly from another state, or a child support agency in another state, a notice of levy or request to enforce a lien in favor of that other state, along with a certification by the other state that any necessary due process requirements were met in the other state, the financial institution shall honor the notice of levy or request from the other state by sending the amount specified in the notice of levy or request, up to the amount contained in the account or accounts minus any financial institution fee under par. (e) and levy fee under sub. (11) (a), directly to the other state at the address to which the financial institution is directed to send the funds in the notice or request.
  3. Notice and hearing requirements under pars. (d) and (f) do not apply to a lien in favor of another state.