Persons Indebted to the State

Each state agency must verify vendor warrant hold status on contracts involving payments made with local funds or payment card purchases over $500.

Warrant Hold Status

Verify vendor warrant hold status on contracts involving payments made with local funds or payment card purchases over $500.

Texas Government Code, Section 2252.903, requires state agencies and institutions of higher education to verify a person’s warrant hold status no earlier than the seventh day before and no later than the day of contract execution if payments under the contract will be made with local funds or involve payment card purchases over $500. Verification of warrant hold status within seven days of contract execution is not required if the contract will be paid using funds held in the state treasury.

State agencies and institutions of higher education must not proceed with purchases made with local funds or payment card purchases over $500 until the warrant hold has been released, unless the contract requires the agency’s payments under the contract to be applied directly toward eliminating the person’s debt or delinquency, regardless of when it arises.

Payments made through the Uniform Statewide Accounting System (USAS) are automatically checked for holds and the system identifies payments issued to persons with outstanding state debt.

The Texas Identification Number System (TINS) is the system of record for accessing vendor hold information.

For details on the responsibilities of state agencies and institutions of higher education, see Reporting of State Debts and Hold Offset Procedures (APS 028) (FPP E.037) or TexPayment Resource’s Warrant Hold tab.

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