RECOVERY
POLICY INFORMATION (continued)
Attachment 3
| State |
Undue
Hardship Criteria |
1=Waive |
2=Defer |
3=Negotiate |
4=Other |
Contract
out to collect |
If
yes, percent currently paid to contractor |
Year
Begun |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Alabama |
Y |
X |
X |
X |
|
No |
|
|
| Alaska |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
N/A |
|
|
| Arizona |
Y |
X |
|
|
X |
Yes (estate) |
15% |
1994 |
| Arkansas |
Y |
X |
|
|
|
No |
|
|
| California |
Y |
|
|
|
X |
No |
|
|
| Colorado |
Y |
X |
|
|
|
Yes (est. & liens) |
13.5%-16% |
1992 |
| Connecticut |
N |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
|
| Delaware |
Y |
|
|
|
X |
No |
|
|
| Florida |
Y |
X |
|
X |
|
Yes (estate) |
12.50% |
1994 |
| Georgia |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
N/A |
|
|
| Hawaii |
Y |
X |
|
|
|
Yes (liens only) |
17% |
1997 |
| Idaho |
Y |
X |
X |
X |
|
Yes (liens only) |
13% |
1996 |
| Illinois |
Y |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
|
| Indiana |
Y |
X |
X |
X |
|
No |
|
|
| Iowa |
Y |
X |
|
|
|
Yes (est. & liens) |
10% |
E-'95 L-'90 |
| Kansas |
Y |
X |
|
|
|
No |
|
|
| Kentucky |
Y |
X |
|
|
|
N/A |
|
|
| Louisiana |
Y |
X |
|
|
|
No |
|
|
| Maine |
Y |
X |
|
|
X |
No |
|
|
| Maryland |
Y |
X* |
|
|
|
No |
|
|
| Massachusetts |
Y |
X |
|
|
|
No |
|
|
| Michigan |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
N/A |
|
|
| Minnesota |
N |
X |
X |
X |
|
No |
|
|
| Mississippi |
Y |
X |
|
|
|
No |
|
|
| Missouri |
Y |
X |
|
|
|
No |
|
|
| Montana |
Y |
X |
X |
X |
|
Yes (est. & liens) |
19.40% |
1996 |
| Nebraska |
Y |
X |
|
X |
|
No |
|
|
| Nevada |
Y |
|
X |
X |
X |
No |
|
|
| New Hampshire |
N |
X |
|
|
|
No |
|
|
| New Jersey |
Y |
X |
|
|
|
No |
|
|
| New Mexico |
Y |
X |
|
X |
|
No |
|
|
| New York |
Y |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
|
| North Carolina |
Y |
X |
|
|
|
No |
|
|
| North Dakota |
Y |
X |
X |
X |
X |
No |
|
|
| Ohio |
N |
X |
|
|
|
No |
|
|
| Oklahoma |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
N/A |
|
|
| Oregon |
Y |
X |
X |
X |
|
No |
|
|
| Pennsylvania |
Y |
X |
X |
X |
|
No |
|
|
| Rhode Island |
Y |
|
X |
|
|
No |
|
|
| South Carolina |
Y |
X |
|
|
|
No |
|
|
| South Dakota |
Y |
X |
|
|
|
No |
|
|
| Tennessee |
Y |
X |
|
|
|
No |
|
|
| Texas |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
N/A |
|
|
| Utah |
Y |
X |
X |
X |
|
No |
|
|
| Vermont |
Y |
X |
|
|
|
No |
|
|
| Virginia |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
N/A |
|
|
| Washington |
Y |
X |
|
X |
|
No |
|
|
| West Virginia |
Y |
X |
X |
X |
|
N/A |
|
|
| Wisconsin |
Y |
X |
|
|
|
No |
|
|
| Wyoming |
Y |
X |
|
|
|
combined state/cont. |
paid hourly fee |
1995 |
| |
40 |
|
12 |
15 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Totals: |
Yes-40 |
37 |
12 |
15 |
6 |
8 |
ave. 14.5% |
|
| |
44 responses |
|
|
|
|
42 responses |
|
|
| |
|
17 states
use more than one way |
|
range - 10% - 19.4% |
|
Date last modified August
31, 1999
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