EXECUTIVE ORDER          EO 92-02

 

ESTABLISHING A LIMITED ROLE FOR THE OFFICE OF

SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AS A "CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY"

 

WHEREAS, the Office of Support Enforcement, within the Department of Social and Health Services, Is responsible for the establishment and collection of child support in the State of Washington; and

 

WHEREAS, the willful failure to pay child support is a criminal offense under the laws of the State of Washington; and

 

WHEREAS, the Office of Support Enforcement is the designated conduit for persons seeking information from the Federal Parent Locator Service in cases involving Parental Kidnapping; and

 

WHEREAS, interstate vehicle registration, driver's licensing information, and Department of Corrections files are important tools for skip tracing absent parents; and

 

WHEREAS, this information is only available through the use of Criminal Justice Information System access to which has recently become restricted to Criminal Justice Agencies;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Booth Gardner, Governor of the State of Washington, by virtue of the power vested in me, do hereby designate the Office of Support Enforcement as a Criminal Justice Agency for the purpose of providing reasonable access to interstate vehicle registration, driver's licensing information, and Department of Corrections files in order to locate absent parents and collect child support by all lawful means.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto

set my hand and caused the seal of the State

of Washington to be affixed at Olympia

this 2nd day of June A.D., Nineteen hundred and ninety-two.

 

 

BOOTH GARDNER

Governor of Washington

 

 

 

BY THE GOVERNOR:

 

 

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Secretary of State


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