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 nine (79) local governments have surpassed ONE Million dollars since inception (As of May 16, 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: $16.910M 2) Wake: $16.313M 3)Guilford: $14.515M 4)Mecklenburg: $14.408M
    5)New Hanover:$13.559M 6) Forsyth: $10.640M 7) Durham: $9.908M 8) Robeson: $9.062M
    9) Cleveland: $8.029M 10) Granville: $7.516M 11) Rowan: $6.529M 12) Wayne: $5.491M
    13) Pitt: $5.208M 14) Iredell: $4.390M 15) Rockingham:$4.378M 16) Johnston: $4.219M
    17) Catawba: $4.138M 18) Union: $4.121M 19) Davidson: $3.995M 20) Caldwell: $3.895M
    21) Lincoln: $3.893M 22) Alamance: $3.821M 23) Vance: $3.820M 24) Craven: $3.626M
    25) Randolph: $3.364M 26) Surry: $3.260M 27) Buncombe: $3.244M 28) Wilkes: $3.062M
    29) Duplin: $3.035M 30) Onslow: $3.024M 31) Nash: $2.675M 32) Wilson: $2.628M
    33) Sampson: $2.614M 34) Bladen: $2.580M 35) Henderson: $2.328M 36) Franklin: $2.326M
    37) Harnett: $2.312M 38) Cabarrus: $2.305M 39) Burke: $1.930M 40) Hertford: $1.913M
    41) Pasquotank: $1.742M 42) Person: $1.722M 43) Cumberland:$1.674M 44) Martin: $1.642M
    45) Halifax: $1.641M 46) Beaufort: $1.636M 47) Stanly: $1.610M 48) Davie: $1.545M
    49) Carteret: $1.514M 50) Yadkin: $1.444M 51) Edgecombe: $1.306M 52) Bertie: $1.290M
    53) Rutherford: $1.265M 54) Washington: $1.222M 55)Northhampton:$1.221M 56) Alexander: $1.151M
    57) McDowell: 1.131M 58) Lenoir: $1.073

    Municipalities (19)

    1) Raleigh: $9.493M 2) Charlotte: $8.237M 3) High Point: $5.094M
    4) Winston-Salem: $4.915M 5) Wilson: $3.699M 6) Greenville: $3.064M
    7) Greensboro: $2.980M 8) Rocky Mount: $2.719M 9) Lexington: $2.596M
    10) Gastonia: $2.537M 11) Concord: $2.473M 12) Asheville: $2.285M
    13) New Bern: $2.003M 14) Durham: $1.918M  15) Lumberton: $1.547M
    16) Fayetteville: $1.414M 17) Monroe: $1.365M 18) Elizabeth City: $1.138M
    19) Salisbury: $1.119M

    Other (2)

    Cape : $21.605M
    1) Mecklenburg EMS: $34.359M 2) Cape Fear Public Utility: $1.774M  

    Local Government Units Receiving Funds in 2023 (403 of 466)

    1) Counties:  96/98 2) Municipalities: 262/318 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: 18/22