40-5-271. Registration of support orders. (1) The department shall establish and maintain a support order registry.
     (2) The registry must contain the support orders issued by the department.
     (3) In a IV-D case, the department shall, upon the request of the obligor or the obligee, or may register a support order of a district court of this state or a support order of a court or administrative agency of another state with jurisdiction to enter the order. A certified copy of the order to be registered must accompany the written request for registration.
     (4) Upon registration, the support order must be treated in the same manner and have the same effect as a support order issued by the department, and an abstract of the order may be filed under the provisions of 40-5-227. Review of the order under 40-5-272 is available only when the department is providing child support enforcement services for the order.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 266, L. 1991.