Section 263.
263. (a) This chapter may be cited as the Levying Officer Electronic Transactions Act. (b) The Legislature finds and declares that modern technologies offer alternatives to paper-based systems and provide the means to create, store, retrieve, and transmit records and documents in electronic form resulting in increased efficiency, taxpayer savings, and improved public access to levying officers. […]
Section 263.1.
263.1. As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following definitions: (a) “Electronic mail” or “e-mail” means an electronic message that is sent to an e-mail address and transmitted between two or more telecommunications devices, computers, or electronic devices capable of receiving electronic messages through a local, regional, or global computer network, whether or […]
Section 263.2.
263.2. (a) A levying officer may utilize an information processing system to create, generate, send, receive, store, display, retrieve, or process information, electronic records, and documents when based on industry standards and only to the extent that the levying officer has the resources and technological capacity to do so. (b) If a technical problem with the levying […]
Section 263.3.
263.3. Whenever the fax transmission of a document or record to a levying officer is authorized pursuant to this chapter, all of the following shall apply: (a) A levying officer may act upon an electronic record or document transmitted by a facsimile machine in the same manner as the paper record or document upon which the […]
Section 263.4.
263.4. (a) A levying officer may create, store, print, or transmit an electronic record in the place of, and in the same manner as, the paper record or document upon which the electronic record is based. (b) An electronic record transmitted to a levying officer shall be accompanied by all of the following information: (1) The name of […]
Section 263.6.
263.6. (a) In lieu of returning to court the paper version of an original writ of execution, the levying officer may retain the original writ or an electronic copy of the original writ and file only a return of the levying officer’s actions. (b) If the original writ is not returned to court as provided in subdivision […]
Section 263.7.
263.7. (a) A levying officer shall exclude or redact the following identifiers from any record or document made available to the public: (1) Social security number. (2) Financial account number. (b) If an identifier is redacted, only the last four digits of the number may be used. (c) A levying officer also shall exclude or redact the identifiers listed in […]