1-3 return receipt requested,] first-class mail, a notice to withhold income to

1-4 an obligor’s employer:

1-5 (a) If the provisions of subsection 2 of NRS 31A.025 apply,

1-6 immediately upon determining that the obligor is delinquent in the

1-7 payment of support; or

1-8 (b) If the provisions of subsection 2 of NRS 31A.025 do not apply,

1-9 immediately upon the entry of the order of support.

1-10 2. [The] If an employer of an obligor does not begin to withhold

1-11 income from the obligor after receiving the notice to withhold income

2-20 required pursuant to NRS 31A.025 to 31A.190, inclusive, after receiving a

2-21 notice to withhold income that was sent by certified mail pursuant to

2-22 subsection 2 of NRS 31A.070, or knowingly misrepresents the income of

2-23 an employee, the enforcing authority may apply for and the court may

2-24 issue an order directing the employer to appear and show cause why he

2-25 should not be subject to the penalty prescribed in subsection 2 of NRS

2-26 31A.120.

2-27 2. At the hearing on the order to show cause, the court, upon a finding

2-28 that the employer wrongfully refused to withhold income as required or

2-29 knowingly misrepresented an employee’s income:

2-30 (a) May order the employer to comply with the requirements of NRS

2-31 31A.025 to 31A.190, inclusive;

2-32 (b) May order the employer to provide accurate information concerning

2-33 the employee’s income;

2-34 (c) May fine the employer pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 31A.120;

2-35 and

2-36 (d) Shall require the employer to pay the amount the employer failed or

2-40 to NRS 31A.250 to [31A.340,] 31A.330, inclusive. The assignment:

4-3 31A.250 to [31A.340,] 31A.330, inclusive, operates as an assignment and

4-4 is binding upon any existing or future employer of an obligor upon whom

4-5 a copy of the order is served by certified mail, return receipt requested.

4-6 The order may be modified or revoked at any time by the court.

4-7 2. To enforce the obligation for support, the employer shall cooperate

4-8 with and provide relevant information concerning the obligor’s

4-9 employment to the person entitled to the support or that person’s legal

4-10 representative. A disclosure made in good faith pursuant to this subsection

4-11 does not give rise to any action for damages for the disclosure.

4-12 3. If the order for support is amended or modified, the person entitled

4-13 to the payment of support or that person’s legal representative shall notify

4-14 the employer of the obligor to modify the amount to be withheld

4-15 accordingly.

4-16 4. To reimburse the employer for his costs in making the payment

4-17 pursuant to the assignment, he may deduct $3 from the amount paid to the

4-18 obligor each time he makes a payment.

4-19 5. If an employer wrongfully refuses to honor an assignment or

4-20 knowingly misrepresents the income of an employee, the court, upon

4-21 request of the person entitled to the support or that person’s legal

4-22 representative, may enforce the assignment in the manner provided in NRS

4-23 31A.095 for the enforcement of the withholding of income.

4-24 6. Compliance by an employer with an order of assignment operates as

4-25 a discharge of the employer’s liability to the employee as to that portion of

4-29 of assignment of income for the payment of the support of a child to a

4-30 person , [receiving welfare payments for the maintenance of minor

4-31 children,] the court shall direct that payments made pursuant to the

4-32 assignment be made to the [welfare division or its designated

4-33 representative.] enforcing authority. The district attorney may appear in

4-34 any proceeding to enforce that order. The enforcing authority shall

4-35 disburse the payments so received to the person to whom the assignment

4-39 be paid by assignment of income shall notify the court and the employer of

4-40 the obligor , by any form of mail requiring a return receipt, of any change

4-41 of address within a reasonable time after that change.

4-42 2. If the employer or the legal representative of the person entitled to

5-8 pursuant to NRS 31A.250 to [31A.340,] 31A.330, inclusive, from any

5-9 money due to:

5-10 (a) The obligor as a pension, an annuity, unemployment compensation,

5-11 a benefit because of disability, retirement or other cause;

5-12 (b) The obligor as a return of contributions and interest; or

5-13 (c) Some other person because of the death of the obligor,

5-14 from the [state,] State of Nevada, a political subdivision of the [state] State

5-15 of Nevada or an agency of either, a public trust, corporation or board or a

5-16 system for retirement, disability or annuity established by a statute of this

5-17 state.

5-18 2. When a certified copy of any order of assignment is served by

5-19 certified mail, return receipt requested, on any entity described in

5-20 subsection 1, other than the Federal Government, it must comply with any

5-21 request for a return of employee contributions by an employee named in

5-22 the order by paying the contributions to the person entitled to the payment

5-23 of support or that person’s legal representative unless the entity has

5-24 received a certified copy of an order terminating the order of assignment.

5-25 A court may not directly or indirectly condition the issuance, modification

5-26 or termination of, or condition the terms or conditions of, any order for the

5-32 money paid pursuant to NRS 31A.250 to 31A.340, inclusive, the person

5-33 entitled to the payment of support or that person’s legal representative

5-34 shall, within 10 days after such receipt, send written notice of that fact to

5-35 the parties and the employer or agency withholding and transmitting the

5-36 assignment.