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.