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? 

    2024 Participation Form (allows for participation until December 31, 2024)

    Not sure how to get started?  New participants Checklist

    Debt Setoff Success

    Eighty (81) local governments have surpassed ONE Million dollars since inception (As of November 21, 2023). Four hundred seventy-one local governments have received funds through the debt setoff program since 2002.

    Counties (59)

    30) Nash: $1.038M30) Nash: $1.038M
    1) Gaston: $16.956M 2) Wake: $16.467M 3)Guilford: $14.699M 4)Mecklenburg: $14.530M
    5)New Hanover:$13.613M 6) Forsyth: $10.727M 7) Durham: $10.025M 8) Robeson: $9.152M
    9) Cleveland: $8.075M 10) Granville: $7.702M 11) Rowan: $6.604M 12) Wayne: $5.506M
    13) Pitt: $5.250M 14) Iredell: $4.433M 15) Rockingham:$4.407M 16) Johnston: $4.262M
    17) Union: $4.186M 18) Catawba: $4.180M 19) Davidson: $4.093M 20) Caldwell: $3.935M
    21) Lincoln: $3.922M 22) Alamance: $3.840M 23) Vance: $3.827M 24) Craven: $3.690M
    25) Randolph: $3.393M 26) Buncombe: $3.292M   27) Surry: $3.275M 28) Wilkes: $3.090M
    29) Duplin: $3.068M 30) Onslow: $3.045M 31) Nash: $2.704M 32) Wilson: $2.639M
    33) Sampson: $2.632M 34) Bladen: $2.609M 35) Franklin: $2.367M 36) Henderson: $2.355M
    37) Cabarrus: $2.348M 38) Harnett: $2.343M 39) Burke: $1.968M 40) Hertford: $1.918M
    41) Pasquotank: $1.755M 42) Person: $1.730M 43) Cumberland:$1.692M 44) Martin: $1.654M
    45) Beaufort: $1.653M  46) Halifax: $1.650M 47) Stanly: $1.622M 48) Davie: $1.561M
    49) Carteret: $1.515M 50) Yadkin: $1.471M 51) Edgecombe: $1.329M 52) Bertie: $1.300M
    53) Rutherford: $1.278M 54Northhampton:$1.236M 55) Washington: $1.231M 56) Alexander: $1.159M
    57) McDowell: 1.137M 58) Lenoir: $1.104M 59) Orange: $1.000M

    Municipalities (20)

    1) Raleigh: $9.612M 2) Charlotte: $8.330M 3) High Point: $5.142M
    4) Winston-Salem: $4.947M 5) Wilson: $3.728M 6) Greenville: $3.121M
    7) Greensboro: $3.007M 8) Rocky Mount: $2.742M 9) Lexington: $2.612M
    10) Gastonia: $2.555M 11) Concord: $2.507M 12) Asheville: $2.297M
    13) New Bern: $2.020M 14) Durham: $1.926M  15) Lumberton: $1.560M
    16) Fayetteville: $1.419M 17) Monroe: $1.378M 18) Elizabeth City: $1.142M
    19) Salisbury: $1.132M 20) Statesville: $1.002M

    Other (2)

    Cape : $21.605M
    1) Mecklenburg EMS: $34.937M 2) Cape Fear Public Utility: $1.817M  

    Local Government Units Receiving Funds in 2023 (407 of 466)

    1) Counties:  96/98 2) Municipalities: 265/318 3) Joint Regional Authorities: 6/6
    4) Public Health Authorities: 5/5 5) Sanitary Districts: 6/7 6) Water & Sewer Authorities: 9/9
    7)Metropolitan Sewerage Dist.: 1/1  8) Housing Authorities: 19/22