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