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? 

    2023 Participation Form (allows for participation until December 31, 2023)

    Not sure how to get started?  New participants Checklist

    Debt Setoff Success

    Seventy five (78) local governments have surpassed ONE Million dollars since inception (As of March 7, 2023). Four hundred seventy-one local governments have received funds through the debt setoff program since 2002.

    Counties (57)

    30) Nash: $1.038M30) Nash: $1.038M
    1) Gaston: $16.659M 2) Wake: $15.653M 3)Mecklenburg: $14.191M 4) Guilford: $13.700M
    5)New Hanover:$13.414M 6) Forsyth: $10.174M 7) Durham: $9.443M 8) Robeson: $8.780M
    9) Cleveland: $7.804M 10) Granville: $6.645M 11) Rowan: $6.330M 12) Wayne: $5.422M
    13) Pitt: $4.997M 14)Rockingham:$4.248M 15) Iredell: $4.174M 16) Johnston: $4.012M
    17) Catawba: $3.907M 18) Union: $3.892M 19) Vance: $3.781M 20) Lincoln: $3.772M
    21) Alamance: $3.719M 22) Caldwell: $3.703M 23) Davidson: $3.661M 24) Craven: $3.515M
    25) Surry: $3.197M 26) Randolph: $3.194M 27) Buncombe: $3.027M 28) Onslow: $2.950M
    29) Duplin: $2.936M 30) Wilkes: $2.909M 31) Wilson: $2.567M 32) Nash: $2.539M
    33) Sampson: $2.525M 34) Bladen: $2.491M 35) Henderson: $2.224M 36) Franklin: $2.212M
    37) Harnett: $2.196M 38) Cabarrus: $2.150M 39) Hertford: $1.898M 40) Pasquotank: $1.713M
    41) Burke: $1.712M 42) Person: $1.679M 43) Martin: $1.622M 44) Cumberland:$1.621M
    45) Halifax: $1.606M 46) Beaufort: $1.563M 47) Stanly: $1.543M 48) Carteret: $1.508M
    49) Davie: $1.476M 50) Yadkin: $1.341M 51) Bertie: $1.239M 52) Rutherford: $1.221M
    53) Washington: $1.188M 54) Edgecombe: $1.185M 55)Northhampton:$1.169M 56) Alexander: $1.114M
    57) McDowell: 1.086M

    Municipalities (19)

    1) Raleigh: $9.157M 2) Charlotte: $7.976M 3) High Point: $4.873M
    4) Winston-Salem: $4.768M 5) Wilson: $3.592M 6) Greensboro: $2.878M
    7) Greenville: $2.826M 8) Rocky Mount: $2.628M 9) Lexington: $2.493M
    10) Gastonia: $2.431M 11) Concord: $2.340M 12) Asheville: $2.260M
    13) New Bern: $1.944M 14) Durham: $1.891M  15) Lumberton: $1.513M
    16) Fayetteville: $1.407M 17) Monroe: $1.313M 18) Elizabeth City: $1.117M
    19) Salisbury: $1.047M

    Other (2)

    Cape : $21.605M
    1) Mecklenburg EMS: $32.522M 2) Cape Fear Public Utility: $1.669M  

    Local Government Units Receiving Funds in 2023 (274 of 466)

    1) Counties:  88/98 2) Municipalities: 157/318 3) Joint Regional Authorities: 4/6
    4) Public Health Authorities: 4/5 5) Sanitary Districts: 5/7 6) Water & Sewer Authorities: 8/9
    7)Metropolitan Sewerage Dist.: 1/1  8) Housing Authorities: 8/22