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

    Seventy nine (80) local governments have surpassed ONE Million dollars since inception (As of September 12, 2023). Four hundred seventy-one local governments have received funds through the debt setoff program since 2002.

    Counties (58)

    30) Nash: $1.038M30) Nash: $1.038M
    1) Gaston: $16.948M 2) Wake: $16.439M 3)Guilford: $14.651M 4)Mecklenburg: $14.485M
    5)New Hanover:$13.594M 6) Forsyth: $10.706M 7) Durham: $9.994M 8) Robeson: $9.137M
    9) Cleveland: $8.068M 10) Granville: $7.656M 11) Rowan: $6.580M 12) Wayne: $5.503M
    13) Pitt: $5.243M 14) Iredell: $4.423M 15) Rockingham:$4.401M 16) Johnston: $4.250M
    17) Catawba: $4.168M 18) Union: $4.167M 19) Davidson: $4.064M 20) Caldwell: $3.920M
    21) Lincoln: $3.916M 22) Alamance: $3.834M 23) Vance: $3.826M 24) Craven: $3.654M
    25) Randolph: $3.387M 26) Buncombe: $3.282M   27) Surry: $3.272M 28) Wilkes: $3.083M
    29) Duplin: $3.056M 30) Onslow: $3.040M 31) Nash: $2.695M 32) Wilson: $2.637M
    33) Sampson: $2.626M 34) Bladen: $2.605M 35) Franklin: $2.354M 36) Henderson: $2.350M
    37) Cabarrus: $2.338M 38) Harnett: $2.334M 39) Burke: $1.962M 40) Hertford: $1.917M
    41) Pasquotank: $1.752M 42) Person: $1.728M 43) Cumberland:$1.684M 44) Martin: $1.652M
    45) Halifax: $1.648M 46) Beaufort: $1.648M 47) Stanly: $1.617M 48) Davie: $1.555M
    49) Carteret: $1.515M 50) Yadkin: $1.465M 51) Edgecombe: $1.324M 52) Bertie: $1.297M
    53) Rutherford: $1.273M 54Northhampton:$1.232M 55) Washington: $1.230M 56) Alexander: $1.158M
    57) McDowell: 1.136M 58) Lenoir: $1.088M

    Municipalities (20)

    1) Raleigh: $9.579M 2) Charlotte: $8.299M 3) High Point: $5.133M
    4) Winston-Salem: $4.937M 5) Wilson: $3.723M 6) Greenville: $3.107M
    7) Greensboro: $3.001M 8) Rocky Mount: $2.732M 9) Lexington: $2.607M
    10) Gastonia: $2.551M 11) Concord: $2.498M 12) Asheville: $2.294M
    13) New Bern: $2.017M 14) Durham: $1.924M  15) Lumberton: $1.553M
    16) Fayetteville: $1.418M 17) Monroe: $1.374M 18) Elizabeth City: $1.140M
    19) Salisbury: $1.131M 20) Statesville: $1.001M

    Other (2)

    Cape : $21.605M
    1) Mecklenburg EMS: $34.775M 2) Cape Fear Public Utility: $1.804M  

    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