Can my New Mexico state refund be seized to pay off outstanding debts?

COLLECTION OF DEBTS FROM YOUR REFUND

If you owe other taxes to the Department, the Department keeps all or part of your overpayment. The Department applies that amount to your liability. By law, the Department is required to transfer all or part of your overpayment to certain claimant agencies if you owe a debt for any of the following: • past due child support; • medical support liabilities; • educational assistance loans made under the Educational Assistance Act; • TANF liabilities; • SNAP liabilities; • unemployment compensation; • district court liabilities; • magistrate court liabilites; • Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court liabilities; • municipal court liabilities; • workers’ compensation liabilities; • educational assistance loans made with the New Mexico Higher Education Department.

The Department refunds any amount over your liability and debt to you.

IMPORTANT: If you receive notification that all or part of your refund was transferred to a claimant agency and you want to protest that action, contact the agency. The addresses and phone numbers are provided here for your convenience. If your refund was transferred to a claimant agency in error, that agency is required to correct the error and issue you a refund.

Child Support Human Services Department

Child Support Enforcement Division

P.O. Box 25110

Santa Fe, NM 87504

(505) 827-7206, fax (505) 827-7285 (800) 288-7207 in state (800) 585-7631 out of state

New Mexico Educational Assistance Foundation

Loan Servicing Department Collections

P.O. Box 27020

Albuquerque, NM 87125

(505) 345-3371

Medical/TANF/SNAP Assistance

Human Services Department

Accounts Receivable Bureau Restitution Unit

P.O. Box 2348

Santa Fe, NM 87504-2348

(800) 431-4593

Unemployment Assistance New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions

Unemployment Insurance Benefit Payment Control

P.O. Box 1928

Albuquerque, NM 87103

(877) 664-6984

Administrative Office of the Courts (for information on specific courts)

Warrant Enforcement Division

237 Don Gaspar,

Room 25

Santa Fe, NM 87501

(575) 524-5860 or (505) 896-9494

Workers’ Compensation Assistance

Workers’ Compensation Administration Financial Management Bureau

P.O. Box 27198

Albuquerque, NM 87125-7198

2410 Centre Ave. SE

Albuquerque, NM 87106

(505) 841-6000

New Mexico Higher Education Department

2044 Galisteo Street, Suite 4

Santa Fe, NM 87505-2100

(505) 476-8400