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 May 7, 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: $17.16M 2) Wake: $16.98M 3) Guilford: $15.41M 4)Mecklenburg: $14.74M
    5)New Hanover:$13.76M 6) Forsyth: $11.08M 7) Durham: $10.50M 8) Robeson: $9.35M
    9) Granville: $8.53M 10) Cleveland: $8.30M 11) Rowan: $6.84M 12) Wayne: $5.57M
    13) Pitt: $5.46M 14) Iredell: $4.63M 15) Rockingham:$4.55M 16) Davidson: $4.46M
    17) Johnston: $4.46M 18) Catawba: $4.38M 19) Union: $4.37M 20) Lincoln: $4.095M
    21) Caldwell: $4.07M 22) Alamance: $3.99M 23) Vance: $3.88M 24) Craven: $3.81M
    25) Randolph: $3.53M 26) Buncombe: $3.52M   27) Surry: $3.35M 28) Wilkes: $3.23M
    29) Duplin: $3.21M 30) Onslow: $3.13M 31) Nash: $2.86M 32) Wilson: $2.70M
    33) Bladen: $2.71M 34) Sampson: $2.69M 35) Cabarrus: $2.53M 36) Franklin: $2.49M
    37) Harnett: $2.48M 38) Henderson: $2.44M 39) Burke: $2.11M 40) Hertford: $1.92M
    41) Person: $1.78M 42) Pasquotank: $1.78M 43) Cumberland:$1.74M 44) Beaufort: $1.72M
    45) Stanly: $1.69M 46) Halifax: $1.69M 47) Martin: $1.68M  48) Yadkin: $1.60M
    49) Davie: $1.58M 50) Carteret: $1.52M 51) Edgecombe: $1.47M 52) Rutherford: $1.33M
    53) Bertie: $1.33M 54)Northampton: $1.29M 55) Washington:$1.27M 56) Lenoir: $1.25M
    57) Alexander: $1.20M 58) McDowell: 1.16M 59) Orange: $1.09M 60) Scotland: $1.02M

    Municipalities (22)

    1) Raleigh: $9.96M 2) Charlotte: $8.66M 3) High Point: $5.35M
    4) Winston-Salem: $5.10M 5) Wilson: $3.83M 6) Greenville: $3.41M
    7) Greensboro: $3.10M 8) Rocky Mount: $2.85M 9) Lexington: $2.71M
    10) Gastonia: $2.66M 11) Concord: $2.63M 12) Asheville: $2.31M
    13) New Bern: $2.08M 14) Durham: $1.95M  15) Lumberton: $1.59M
    16) Monroe: $1.43M 17) Fayetteville: $1.42M 18) Salisbury: $1.19M
    19) Elizabeth City: $1.16M 20) Statesville: $1.02M 21) Shelby: $1.02M
    22) Morganton: $1.00M    

    Other (2)

    Cape : $21.605M
    1) Mecklenburg EMS: $36.77M 2) Cape Fear Public Utility: $1.91M  

    Local Government Units Receiving Funds in 2024 (392 of 466)

    1) Counties:  96/98 2) Municipalities: 251/318 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