Sec 46-201. Application for assistance; notice of penalties

A. Application for any form of assistance or service under this title shall be made to a department in this state as specified by the program. The application shall be in writing or reduced to writing upon forms prescribed by the state department and shall be verified by the oath of the applicant and bear the applicant's witnessed signature. The application shall contain a statement of the amount of property both personal and real in which the applicant has an interest and of all income which the applicant has at the time of filing the application, and a statement of any property assigned or transferred by the applicant within one year immediately prior to filing the application for assistance, and any further information prescribed by the state department.

B. The department shall use application forms which contain appropriate notice of the penalties for fraud and shall deliver to each recipient prior to the first payment of assistance or delivery of service and each redetermination thereafter a notice explaining what changes in circumstances require written notification to the department pursuant to section 46-213, subsection A.