As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Certificate of noncompliance" means a document provided by the child support recovery unit certifying that the named obligor is not in compliance with a support order or with a written agreement for payment of support entered into by the unit and the obligor.
2. "License" means a license, certification, registration, permit, approval, renewal, or other similar authorization issued to an obligor by a licensing authority which evidences the admission to, or granting of authority to engage in, a profession, occupation, business, or industry, or to operate or register a motor vehicle. "License" does not mean or include licenses for hunting, fishing, boating, or other recreational activity.
3. "Licensee" means an obligor to whom a license has been issued, or who is seeking the issuance of a license.
4. "Licensing authority" means a county treasurer, the supreme court, or an instrumentality, agency, board, commission, department, officer, organization, or any other entity of the state, which has authority within this state to suspend or revoke a license or to deny the renewal or issuance of a license authorizing an obligor to register or operate a motor vehicle or to engage in a business, occupation, profession, or industry.
5. "Obligor" means a natural person as defined in section 252G.1 who has been ordered by a court or administrative authority to pay support.
6. "Support" means support or support payments as defined in section 252D.1, whether established through court or administrative order.
7. "Support order" means an order for support issued pursuant to chapter 232, 234, 252A, 252C, 252D, 252E, 252F, 252H, 598, 600B, or any other applicable chapter, or under a comparable statute of a foreign jurisdiction as registered with the clerk of the district court or certified to the child support recovery unit.
8. "Unit" means the child support recovery unit created in section 252B.2.
9. "Withdrawal of a certificate of noncompliance" means a document provided by the unit certifying that the certificate of noncompliance is withdrawn and that the licensing authority may proceed with issuance, reinstatement, or renewal of an obligor's license.
95 Acts, ch 115, §1
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