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		<title>What happens if a parent pays his/her child support debt or makes a repayment agreement with DCS and then wants to buy a recreational license right away?</title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/233/</link>
		<description>It can take at least one full day for a license-suspension release to be sent to state licensing agencies such as WDFW and entered into the WILD system. So, if a parent&#039;s license-suspension releas ...</description>
		<author>John Burrows</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:02:46 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How does my Social Security Number (SSN) help with child support compliance?</title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/231/</link>
		<description>Collecting SSNs is part of a nationwide effort to improve compliance with child support orders. If a parent owes at least six months of back child support and has not entered into an agreement to  ...</description>
		<author>John Burrows</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:59:21 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Why do I have to give my Social Security Number (SSN)?</title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/224/</link>
		<description>A federal law, 42 USC Chapter 7, Subchapter IV, Part D, Sec. 666(a)(13), was enacted in 1996 to improve the effectiveness of child-support enforcement throughout the U.S. The law requires Social S ...</description>
		<author>John Burrows</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:57:32 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Do I need to provide my Social Security Number (SSN) to renew my commercial fishing licenses?</title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/229/</link>
		<description>The commercial fishing license is an occupational license, and is subject to the same federal law requiring SSN collection for other licenses. WDFW has collected SSNs from all persons seeking to r ...</description>
		<author>John Burrows</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:28:50 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How do I know my Social Security Number (SSN) is secure?</title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/230/</link>
		<description>The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) takes its responsibility to safeguard personal information very seriously, and has taken several steps to ensure your SSN is secure. Your SSN  ...</description>
		<author>John Burrows</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:28:33 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Who has to provide their Social Security Number (SSN)?</title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/223/</link>
		<description>All applicants for recreational licenses, tags, and stamps must provide an SSN with the following exceptions:

Children under 15 are not required to provide a SSN.
Applicants who are not U.S. c ...</description>
		<author>John Burrows</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:27:52 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Can I refuse to disclose my Social Security Number (SSN)?</title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/226/</link>
		<description>No. Your SSN must be collected in order to complete a first-time application for a recreational license.</description>
		<author>John Burrows</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:27:41 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Will my Social Security Number (SSN) be printed on my recreational license or be visible on the license sales terminal?</title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/225/</link>
		<description>No. Your SSN will only be entered the first time a license is purchased with the new computerized WILD license vending system. Your SSN is not printed on the license document. Your SSN is not disp ...</description>
		<author>John Burrows</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:27:30 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Do I have to provide my Social Security Number (SSN) if I buy my recreational license over the telephone or the Internet?</title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/228/</link>
		<description>Yes. If you choose to purchase recreational licenses using telephone or Internet licensing options, you will be required to enter your SSN as part of the first license transaction.</description>
		<author>John Burrows</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:27:14 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>What happens when a license purchase is blocked?</title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/232/</link>
		<description>A recreational license will not be issued. No information about why the license sale was blocked will appear on the WILD vending system computer screen, or otherwise be available to the license ve ...</description>
		<author>John Burrows</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:21:11 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>When did the Social Security Number (SSN) collection requirement go into effect?</title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/222/</link>
		<description>Collecting SSNs from applicants for fishing and hunting licenses, tags, and permits began when the automated WILD licensing system went into operation March 1, 2001. The same requirement is in eff ...</description>
		<author>John Burrows</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:18:41 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>What if I have a question about my child-support records?</title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/234/</link>
		<description>The Department of Social and Health Services, Division of Child Support, is responsible for enforcing child support laws and maintaining records of parents who are in arrears on child support paym ...</description>
		<author>John Burrows</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:53:07 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Do I have to show my Social Security card when I apply for a license?</title>
		<link>http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/227/</link>
		<description>No. You are only required to state your Social Security Number. You are not required to show your Social Security card.</description>
		<author>John Burrows</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:48:02 GMT</pubDate>
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