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-four (84) local governments have surpassed ONE Million dollars since inception (As of April 16, 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: $17.10M 2) Wake: $16.80M 3) Guilford: $15.19M 4)Mecklenburg: $14.66M
    5)New Hanover:$13.70M 6) Forsyth: $10.97M 7) Durham: $10.35M 8) Robeson: $9.30M
    9) Granville: $8.30M 10) Cleveland: $8.23M 11) Rowan: $6.74M 12) Wayne: $5.55M
    13) Pitt: $5.39M 14) Iredell: $4.57M 15) Rockingham:$4.50M 16) Johnston: $4.40M
    17) Davidson: $4.34M 18) Catawba: $4.32M 19) Union: $4.31M 20) Lincoln: $4.03M
    21) Caldwell: $4.03M 22) Alamance: $3.92M 23) Vance: $3.87M 24) Craven: $3.77M
    25) Randolph: $3.49M 26) Buncombe: $3.45M   27) Surry: $3.33M 28) Wilkes: $3.19M
    29) Duplin: $3.16M 30) Onslow: $3.10M 31) Nash: $2.82M 32) Wilson: $2.68M
    33) Bladen: $2.68M 34) Sampson: $2.67M 35) Cabarrus: $2.48M 36) Franklin: $2.46M
    37) Harnett: $2.44M 38) Henderson: $2.41M 39) Burke: $2.07M 40) Hertford: $1.92M
    41) Pasquotank: $1.77M 42) Person: $1.77M 43) Cumberland:$1.72M 44) Beaufort: $1.70M
    45) Halifax: $1.68M 46) Martin: $1.67M  47) Stanly: $1.67M 48) Davie: $1.57M
    49) Yadkin: $1.56M 50) Carteret: $1.51M 51) Edgecombe: $1.43M 52) Bertie: $1.32M
    53) Rutherford: $1.31M 54)Northampton: $1.27M 55) Washington:$1.26M 56) Lenoir: $1.20M
    57) Alexander: $1.18M 58) McDowell: 1.15M 59) Orange: $1.05M 60) Scotland: $1.00M

    Municipalities (22)

    1) Raleigh: $9.86M 2) Charlotte: $8.56M 3) High Point: $5.29M
    4) Winston-Salem: $5.06M 5) Wilson: $3.81M 6) Greenville: $3.32M
    7) Greensboro: $3.07M 8) Rocky Mount: $2.82M 9) Lexington: $2.69M
    10) Gastonia: $2.63M 11) Concord: $2.59M 12) Asheville: $2.31M
    13) New Bern: $2.06M 14) Durham: $1.94M  15) Lumberton: $1.58M
    16) Fayetteville: $1.42M 17) Monroe: $1.41M 18) Salisbury: $1.18M
    19) Elizabeth City: $1.15M 20) Statesville: $1.02M 21) Shelby: $1.01M
    22) Morganton: $1.00M    

    Other (2)

    Cape : $21.605M
    1) Mecklenburg EMS: $36.12M 2) Cape Fear Public Utility: $1.88M  

    Local Government Units Receiving Funds in 2024 (377 of 466)

    1) Counties:  95/98 2) Municipalities: 237/318 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: 18/22