Subject to the limitations of sections 270A.01 to 270A.12, the department shall, upon request by a claimant agency, render assistance in the collection of any debt owing to the agency. This assistance shall be provided by use of a procedure in which the sum of the refund due the debtor is applied to the amount due and owing from the debtor to the claimant agency.
Minn. Stat. § 270A.06
1980 c 607 art 12 s 6