---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 54.03"
title: "33"
number: "54.03"
heading: "Persons authorized to give notices."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/54.03"
---

# §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](/usc/42/651-664.md)), 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.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 665(c).

### Source

Source: CGD 82-109, 48 FR 4285, Jan. 31, 1983, unless otherwise noted.