A Great Method for the Recovery of Debts

What We Do...

We assist North Carolina local governments with the recovery of any delinquent debts by offsetting debtors' North Carolina state tax refunds and Education lottery winnings.  As long as the debt is $50 or more and has been delinquent 60 days the process can begin. There is NO COST to participate with the NC Debt Setoff Clearinghouse. Since the debtor pays all fees, there is only the effort and cost of mailing the required notification letters.

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Who is Eligible to Participate?

What other types of local governments are eligible to participate?

  • Joint Regional Agencies (created under Article 20 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes)
  • Metropolitan Sewerage Districts (created under Article 5 of Chapter 162A of the General Statutes)
  • Public Health Authorities (created under Part 1B of Article 2 of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes)
  • Sanitary Districts (created under Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes)
  • Water and Sewer Authorities (created under Article 1 of Chapter 162A of the General Statutes)
  • Housing Authorities (created under Chapter 157 of the General Statutes (debt must be final judgment in favor of Housing Authority) - effective October 1, 2011
  • Regional Solid Waste Management Authorities (created under Article 22 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes - effective January 1, 2013

    • Are you eligible and ready to begin? 

    2025 Participation Form (allows for participation until December 31, 2025)

    Not sure how to get started?  New participants Checklist

    Debt Setoff Success

    Eighty-six (86) local governments have surpassed ONE Million dollars since inception (As of December 17, 2024). Four hundred seventy-one local governments have received funds through the debt setoff program since 2002.

    Counties (60)

    30) Nash: $1.038M30) Nash: $1.038M
    1) Gaston: $17.23M 2) Wake: $17.16M 3) Guilford: $15.67M 4)Mecklenburg: $14.90M
    5)New Hanover:$13.82M 6) Forsyth: $11.24M 7) Durham: $10.69M 8) Robeson: $9.46M
    9) Granville: $8.83M 10) Cleveland: $8.37M 11) Rowan: $6.94M 12) Wayne: $5.59M
    13) Pitt: $5.51M 14) Iredell: $4.69M 15) Rockingham:$4.60M 16) Davidson: $4.57M
    17) Johnston: $4.52M 18) Union: $4.44M 19) Catawba: $4.43M 20) Lincoln: $4.15M
    21) Caldwell: $4.10M 22) Alamance: $4.04M 23) Vance: $3.90M 24) Craven: $3.85M
    25) Randolph: $3.57M 26) Buncombe: $3.57M    27) Surry: $3.37M 28) Wilkes: $3.26M
    29) Duplin: $3.25M 30) Onslow: $3.16M 31) Nash: $2.92M 32) Bladen: $2.74M
    33) Wilson: $2.72M 34) Sampson: $2.71M 35) Cabarrus: $2.59M 36) Franklin: $2.54M
    37) Harnett: $2.53M 38) Henderson: $2.47M 39) Burke: $2.14M 40) Hertford: $1.94M
    41) Person: $1.80M 42) Pasquotank: $1.79M 43) Cumberland:$1.76M 44) Beaufort: $1.74M
    45) Stanly: $1.71M 46) Halifax: $1.71M 47) Martin: $1.70M  48) Yadkin: $1.63M
    49) Davie: $1.59M 50) Carteret: $1.52M 51) Edgecombe: $1.51M 52) Bertie: $1.34M
    53) Rutherford: $1.34M 54)Northampton: $1.32M 55) Lenoir: $1.29M 56) Washington:$1.29M
    57) Alexander: $1.21M 58) McDowell: 1.17M 59) Orange: $1.12M 60) Scotland: $1.04M

    Municipalities (24)

    1) Raleigh: $10.10M 2) Charlotte: $8.78M 3) High Point: $5.42M
    4) Winston-Salem: $5.17M 5) Wilson: $3.87M 6) Greenville: $3.49M
    7) Greensboro: $3.15M 8) Rocky Mount: $2.90M 9) Lexington: $2.73M
    10) Gastonia: $2.69M 11) Concord: $2.67M 12) Asheville: $2.32M
    13) New Bern: $2.09M 14) Durham: $1.96M  15) Lumberton: $1.61M
    16) Monroe: $1.44M 17) Fayetteville: $1.43M 18) Salisbury: $1.21M
    19) Elizabeth City: $1.17M 20) Statesville: $1.03M 21) Shelby: $1.03M
    22) Washington: $1.01M 23) Morganton: $1.01M 24) Clayton: $1.00M

    Other (2)

    Cape : $21.605M
    1) Mecklenburg EMS: $37.44M 2) Cape Fear Public Utility: $1.95M  

    Local Government Units Receiving Funds in 2024 (407 of 466)

    1) Counties:  96/98 2) Municipalities: 263/318 3) Joint Regional Authorities: 6/6
    4) Public Health Authorities: 5/5 5) Sanitary Districts: 7/7 6) Water & Sewer Authorities: 8/8
    7)Metropolitan Sewerage Dist.: 1/1  8) Housing Authorities: 21/22