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Houston, Texas | July 31, 2014

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Child Support Office:

Civil Courthouse
201 Caroline, Room 110
Houston, TX 77002

Hours:	Mon - Fri, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Phone:	713-755-6077
Fax:	713-755-4359

Mailing Address:

Harris County District Clerk
P.O. Box 4651
Houston, Texas 77210

For more helpful information regarding Child Support, review our Frequently Asked Questions or e-mail us.

Child Support General Information

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Payment History Requests Retrieve your payment history online or request a certified copy by mail

Payment Types Legend Provides an explanation of the Payment Type codes

Use this legend when viewing Harris County Payment History to gain a better understanding of the Payment Types column.

Payment Type	Description
CA	CASH - Indicates a cash payment.
CC	CASHIER’S CHECK - Indicates a cashier’s check payment.
CO	COMPANY CHECK - Indicates a company check payment.
CP	CANCELED PAYMENT - This is an entry made to cancel a payment issued in error or if we received a return item from the bank due to insufficient funds, stop payment, etc. We will collect future payments on this account until the cancelled payment is paid in full.
DP	DISBURSE PAYMENT - The disbursement of a payment that was previously being held as an UN, VU or RU.
GC	GOVERNMENT CHECK - A check issued from a governmental entity.
LB	LOCK BOX - Indicates that the payment was processed through our lock box operation.
MO	MONEY ORDER - Indicates a money order payment.
OA	ON ACCOUNT - These are funds collected as a recovery for a canceled payment. This money is never sent to the payee; it is a recovery to the child support office.
OT	OTHER - This indicates another type of payment.
PH	PAYMENT HISTORY INPUT - When an internal adjustment is performed by inputting payments on a case (cause) payment history.
PA	PAYMENT HISTORY ADJUSTMENT - When an internal adjustment is performed to indicate that a payment was not actually received on that payment history.
PC	PERSONAL CHECK - Indicates a personal check payment.
RA	RE-ISSUED ON ACCOUNT - These funds were collected by our office because there was a canceled payment on the account.
RI	RE-ISSUED - A check that was reissued due to a void (VO).
RU	REISSUED UNDELIVERABLE - When a case (cause) has been flagged with a bad address prior to the check being voided.
SC	STATE COLLECTION -indicates that the payment was processed by the State Disbursement Unit.
UN	UNDELIVERABLE - Indicates the payment was received and we were not able to disburse the funds due to the lack of a current address. These funds remain in the payable amount until we receive a current address.
VA	VOID ACH - Funds were returned by the payee's bank for various reasons.
VU	VOID UNDELIVERABLE - This indicates that a check was returned to us by the Post Office due to a bad address.
VO	VOID - These are checks that have been voided either by request of a stop payment or returned to our office for reissue either to the same case (cause) or, in some situations it is reissued to a different case (cause). A VO will always have an associated RI, RU, or RA either on that case (cause) or on another case (cause).