Lesson 1: The Basics of Warrant Hold

Payee Versus Debtor

In TINS, payee and debtor mean different things:

• A payee is an individual or business entity receiving a payment from the state. Each is set up with a payee record in TINS. A payee may or may not have a state debt.
• A debtor is an individual or business entity that owes a debt to the state and may or may not be a payee. Debtors are set up in TINS with a hold record in the event they become payees so their payments can be held.

The payee record and hold record are set up separately, and either can be set up first. The agency that sets up the payee record may or may not be the same agency that sets up the hold record.

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