1. For the purposes of this section, "support order" includes any order entered pursuant to chapter 234, 252A, 252C, 598, 600B, or any other support chapter or proceeding which establishes support payments as defined in section 252D.16 or 598.1.
2. For support orders being enforced by the child support recovery unit, support payments made pursuant to the order shall be directed to and disbursed by the collection services center.
3. For a support order as to which subsection 2 does not apply, support payments made pursuant to the order shall be directed to and disbursed by the clerk of the district court in the county in which the order for support is filed. The clerk of the district court may require the obligor to submit payments by bank draft or money order if the obligor submits an insufficient funds support payment to the clerk of the district court.
4. Payments to persons other than the clerk of the district court or the collection services center do not satisfy the support obligations created by a support order or judgment, except as provided for in sections 598.22 and 598.22A.
86 Acts, ch 1246, § 316; 87 Acts, ch 228, § 31; 88 Acts, ch 1218, §2; 90 Acts, ch 1224, § 10; 91 Acts, ch 177, §3; 93 Acts, ch 79, §41; 97 Acts, ch 175, § 42, 43
Referred to in § 252B.13A, 421.17, 598.22, 598.22A, 598.22B, 642.23
Crediting of support payments ordered on or after July 1, 1985; § 598.22A
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