[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR302.35]

[Page 226-227]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
    CHAPTER III--OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT (CHILD SUPPORT 
 
PART 302_STATE PLAN REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 302.35  State parent locator service.

    The State plan shall provide as follows:
    (a) The IV-D agency shall establish a State PLS using:
    (1) All relevant sources of information and records available in the 
State, and in other States as appropriate; and
    (2) The Federal PLS of the Department of Health and Human Services.
    (b)(1) The IV-D agency shall establish a central State PLS office 
and may also designate additional IV-D offices within the State to 
submit requests to the Federal PLS.
    (2) To designate more than two additional IV-D offices within the 
State, the IV-D agency must obtain written approval from the Office.
    (c) The State PLS shall only accept requests to use the Federal PLS 
from:
    (1) Any State or local agency or official seeking to collect child 
and spousal support obligations under the State plan;
    (2) A court that has authority to issue an order or to serve as the 
initiating court in an action to seek an order against a noncustodial 
parent for the support and maintenance of a child, or any agent of such 
court;
    (3) The resident parent, legal guardian, attorney, or agent of a 
child who is not receiving aid under title IV-A of the Act; and
    (4) Authorized persons as defined in Sec. 303.15 of this chapter if 
an agreement is in effect under Sec. 303.15 to use the Federal PLS in 
connection with parental kidnapping or child custody or visitation 
cases.
    (5) A State agency that is administering a program operated under a 
State plan under subpart 1 of part B, or a State plan approved under 
subpart 2 of part B or under part E.
    (d) The State PLS shall, subject to the privacy safeguards required 
under section 454(26) of the Act, disclose only the information 
described in sections 453 and 463 of the Act to the authorized

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persons specified in such sections for the purposes specified in such 
sections.

[46 FR 54556, Nov. 3, 1981, as amended at 47 FR 57281, Dec. 23, 1982; 50 
FR 19648, May 9, 1985; 64 FR 6248, Feb. 9, 1999; 68 FR 25303, May 12, 
2003]