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# 34 U.S.C. § 10367 - “Local entity” defined

## Text

For purposes of this subchapter, the term “local entity” means a child support enforcement agency, law enforcement agency, prosecuting attorney, or unit of local government.

(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 1607, as added Pub. L. 102–521, § 4(a)(3), Oct. 25, 1992, 106 Stat. 3406.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 3796cc–6 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.