33 CFR § 54.03 - Persons authorized to give notices.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s54.03"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 54.03 - Persons authorized to give notices."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "54.03"
section_name: "Persons authorized to give notices."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "PERSONNEL"
part_number: "54"
part_name: "ALLOTMENTS FROM ACTIVE DUTY PAY FOR CERTAIN SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 665(c)."
regulatory_source: "CGD 82-109, 48 FR 4285, Jan. 31, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "54"
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# 54.03 Persons authorized to give notices.

For the purpose of instituting an allotment under this part, notice that a Coast Guard member is delinquent in meeting support obligations may be given by:

(a) Any agent or attorney of any State having in effect a plan approved under Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 651-664), who has the duty or authority to seek recovery of any amounts owed as child or child and spousal support, including any official of a political subdivision when authorized under a State plan.

(b) The court that has authority to issue an order against the member for the support and maintenance of a child, or any agent of that court.