Section 111-T. Authority to secure assets

The department or a social
  services district or its authorized representative, or  another  state's
  child  support  enforcement  agency governed by title IV-D of the social
  security act, for the purpose of collecting overdue  support,  shall  be
  authorized  in  accordance  with  all  applicable  provisions of law, to
  secure assets otherwise due a support obligor by:
    1.  intercepting or seizing periodic or lump  sum  payments  due  such
  obligor from:
    (a)    a  state  or local agency, including unemployment compensation,
  workers' compensation, and other benefits; and
    (b)  judgments, settlements and lottery winnings;
    2.  attaching and seizing assets of such obligors which  are  held  in
  financial institutions;
    3.    attaching  public and private retirement funds of such obligors;
  and
    4.  imposing liens against real and personal property  owned  by  such
  obligors;  and  where appropriate, forcing the sale of property owned by
  such  obligors  and  distributing  proceeds  from  the  sale   of   such
  properties.