Code of Virginia
Title 63.2 - Welfare (Social Services)

§ 63.2-101. Authority of Department to request and receive information from other agencies; use of information so obtained; provide access to information for medical assistance eligibility purposes - A. The Department may request and shall receive from the...

§ 63.2-102. Allowing access to records and information for public assistance programs and child support enforcement; penalty - A. All records, information and statistical registries of the Department...

§ 63.2-103. Confidential records and information concerning child support enforcement - Any records established pursuant to the provisions of § 63.2-1902...

§ 63.2-104. Confidential records and information concerning social services; penalty - A. The records, information and statistical registries of the Department,...

§ 63.2-104.1. Confidentiality of records of persons receiving domestic and sexual violence services - A. In order to ensure the safety of adult and...

§ 63.2-105. Confidential records and information concerning social services; child-protective services and child-placing agencies - A. The local department may disclose the contents of records...

§ 63.2-106. Failure to obey subpoena or charging illegal fees; penalty - If any person fails or refuses to obey any subpoena...

Chapter 2 - State Social Services

§ 63.2-200. Department of Social Services created - The Department of Social Services is hereby created in the...

§ 63.2-201. Appointment of Commissioner - The Commissioner of Social Services, shall be appointed by the...

§ 63.2-202. Term of office; vacancies - The Commissioner shall hold office at the pleasure of the...

§ 63.2-203. Powers and duties of Commissioner generally - A. The Commissioner, subject to the regulations of the Board,...

§ 63.2-204. Cooperation with local authorities - The Commissioner shall assist and cooperate with local authorities in...

§ 63.2-205. Requiring reports from local boards; forms and submission schedule; approval of budgets by Commissioner - A. The Commissioner shall require of local boards such reports...

§ 63.2-206. Cooperation with federal agencies - The Commissioner shall cooperate with the Department of Health and...

§ 63.2-207. Authority to receive grants-in-aid, funds and gifts - The Commissioner is authorized to receive, for and on behalf...

§ 63.2-208. Standards for personnel - The Commissioner shall enforce the minimum education, professional and training...

§ 63.2-209. Divisions of Department; staffing - A. The Commissioner shall establish in the Department such divisions...

§ 63.2-209.1. Office of New Americans - A. There is created in the Department an Office of...

§ 63.2-210. Appointment of division heads - The Commissioner shall appoint heads of the divisions, subject to...

§ 63.2-211. Powers and duties of division heads - The Commissioner may delegate to the heads of the various...

§ 63.2-212. Employment of agents and employees - The Commissioner may, subject to the provisions of Chapter 29...

§ 63.2-213. Powers, duties, titles and functions of agents and employees - The functions, duties, powers and titles of the agents and...

§ 63.2-214. Bonds of such agents - Proper bonds shall be required of all agents and employees...

§ 63.2-214.1. Marriage and family programs; funding - A. To the extent authorized by federal law, the Department...

§ 63.2-214.2. Information related to shaken baby syndrome - The Department shall make information about shaken baby syndrome, its...

§ 63.2-214.3. Information on human trafficking - The Department, in consultation with experts in the field of...

§ 63.2-215. State Board of Social Services - There shall be a State Board of Social Services consisting...

§ 63.2-216. Powers and duties of Board in general - In addition to such other duties as are assigned to...

§ 63.2-217. Board to adopt regulations - The Board shall adopt such regulations, not in conflict with...

§ 63.2-217.1. Board to amend regulations governing emergency response plans of assisted living facilities - A. The Board shall amend its regulations governing emergency preparedness...

§ 63.2-218. Board to adopt regulations regarding human research - The Board shall adopt regulations to effectuate the provisions of...

§ 63.2-219. Board to establish employee entrance and performance standards - The Board shall establish minimum education, professional and training requirements...

§ 63.2-220. Board may administer oaths, conduct hearings and issue subpoenas - The Board in the exercise and performance of its functions,...

§ 63.2-221. Board to investigate institutions at direction of Governor - Whenever the Governor considers it proper or necessary to investigate...

§ 63.2-222. Establishment of system - There shall be created a statewide human services information and...

§ 63.2-223. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2003, cc. 54 and 75.

§ 63.2-226. Duties of Department - A. The Department shall assume administrative responsibilities for the statewide...

§ 63.2-227. Regional providers; duties - There shall be established a regional system of providers of...

§ 63.2-228. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2003, cc. 54 and 75.

Chapter 3 - Local Social Services

§ 63.2-300. Local boards established by local governments - There shall be a local board in each county and...

§ 63.2-301. Local board appointments and terms of office - The members of each local board first appointed shall be...

§ 63.2-302. How local board for a single county is constituted - The local board serving a single county shall be, at...

§ 63.2-303. Local boards in counties having special forms of county government - Where the statutes dealing with special forms of county government...

§ 63.2-304. How local board of a city is constituted - The local board serving a single city shall be, at...

§ 63.2-305. Advisory boards - A. If the governing body of a city or county...

§ 63.2-306. Local boards established by two or more political subdivisions - The provisions of §§ 63.2-302 and 63.2-304 notwithstanding, the Board,...

§ 63.2-306.1. Withdrawal from district boards of social services - A. The governing body of any county or city that...

§ 63.2-307. Local boards serving certain districts - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 63.2-306: 1. The local board...

§ 63.2-308. Suspension or removal of members - Members of any local board may be suspended or removed...

§ 63.2-309. Quorum - A majority of the members of any local board shall...

§ 63.2-310. Compensation and expenses - Each member of the local board of a county or...

§ 63.2-311. Fiscal officer for district board; compensation of such officer - Whenever two or more political subdivisions establish a district pursuant...

§ 63.2-312. Meetings; organization; chairman and vice-chairman; secretary - The governing body or bodies shall immediately notify the members...

§ 63.2-313. Administration of law - The local boards shall, subject to the regulations of the...

§ 63.2-314. Funds received from public or private sources; authority of local governing bodies to make grants; authority of local boards to establish regulations and fees for court ordered services - A. The local boards are authorized to receive and disburse...

§ 63.2-315. Furnishing reports - The local boards shall furnish to the Commissioner and the...

§ 63.2-316. Submission of budget to governing bodies - The local boards shall submit annually to the boards of...

§ 63.2-317. Employment of counsel for local boards and employees; payment of expenses - Except in those cases in which the attorney for the...

§ 63.2-318. Payment of legal fees and expenses for certain local department employees - If any employee of a local department is arrested, indicted...

§ 63.2-319. Child welfare and other services - Each local board shall provide, either directly or through the...

§ 63.2-320. Accepting and expending certain funds on behalf of children placed by or entrusted to local board when no guardian appointed; disposition of funds when children discharged - A local board is authorized and empowered to accept and...

§ 63.2-321. Interest in and cooperation for public assistance and social services; directing local director - It shall be the duty of each local board to...

§ 63.2-322. Conducting hearings, issuing subpoenas, etc. - Local boards in the exercise and performance of their functions,...

§ 63.2-323. Emergency payments - In emergency situations or in the event of delay or...

§ 63.2-324. Local departments of social services - There shall be a local department of social services for...

§ 63.2-325. Appointment of local directors of social services and local employees - Subject to the personnel standards and regulations of the Board,...

§ 63.2-326. Service at pleasure of local board or local director - The local director and other employees shall serve at the...

§ 63.2-327. Removal by Commissioner - Any local director and any such employee who does not...

§ 63.2-328. Bond - Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, every local...

§ 63.2-329. Bond of certain employees of local boards - Every employee duly authorized to certify payments to be made...

§ 63.2-330. Compensation - The local director and other persons employed to administer the...

§ 63.2-331. Counties with special forms of government - In any county having a special form of government under...

§ 63.2-332. Powers and duties of local directors - The local director shall be the administrator of the local...

§ 63.2-333. Agent of Commissioner - The local director shall act as agent for the Commissioner...

§ 63.2-334. Cooperation with private agencies - The local director shall foster cooperation between all public and...

§ 63.2-335. Keeping records - The records of the cases handled and business transacted by...

§ 63.2-336. Annual report - At the request of the local governing body, the local...

Chapter 4 - Funding of Public Assistance and Social Services

§ 63.2-400. Local appropriation - The governing body of each county and city shall each...

§ 63.2-401. Reimbursement of localities by the Commonwealth - Such funds as are received from the United States and...

§ 63.2-402. Reimbursement of the Commonwealth by local board - If any county or city through its appropriate authorities or...

§ 63.2-403. Expenditures by Department - A. Appropriations made to the Department by the General Assembly...

§ 63.2-404. Expenses of Auditor of Public Accounts, Comptroller and State Treasurer - All expenses incurred by the Auditor of Public Accounts in...

§ 63.2-405. Provisions for determination of eligibility for medical care and medical assistance; provision of social services; regulations - A. The Commissioner shall, in compliance with the state plan...

§ 63.2-406. Authority of Board upon amendments of the Social Security Act or regulations of the Department of Health and Human Services - In the event the Social Security Act or other statutes...

§ 63.2-407. Necessary or incidental public assistance or social services - With respect to general relief, foster care for children and...

§ 63.2-408. When a locality fails to provide public assistance or social services; deductions by Comptroller; social services; withholding payments - If any county or city, through its appropriate authorities or...

§ 63.2-409. No lien to attach to property of applicant or recipient; release of existing unforeclosed liens - No lien in favor of the Commonwealth or any of...

§ 63.2-410. State pool of funds under the Children's Services Act - The General Assembly and the governing body of each county...

§ 63.2-411. Construction and operation of children's residential facilities - Subject to approval by the Governor, a local board is...

§ 63.2-412. Assistance to needy persons engaged in work or training programs; costs of administration of such programs - Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Commissioner is authorized,...

Chapter 5 - General Provisions

§ 63.2-500. Definitions - For purposes of this subtitle, unless the context otherwise clearly...

§ 63.2-501. Application for assistance - A. Except as provided for in the state plan for...

§ 63.2-501.1. Application for public assistance; accurate contact information; authorized disclosures - A. Every local department shall obtain accurate contact information from...

§ 63.2-502. False application or false swearing; penalty - Any person who knowingly makes any false application for public...

§ 63.2-503. Procedure upon receipt of application - A. Upon receipt of the application for public assistance, the...

§ 63.2-503.1. Legal presence required for public assistance; exceptions; proof of legal presence - A. In addition to meeting the existing eligibility requirements of...

§ 63.2-504. Decision of local department that applicant entitled to public assistance - Upon completion of the investigation, the local department shall determine...

§ 63.2-505. Determining the amount of public assistance - The Board shall adopt regulations governing the amount of public...

§ 63.2-505.1. Transitional food stamp benefits - To the extent permitted by federal law, the Department shall...

§ 63.2-505.2. Eligibility for food stamps; drug-related felonies - A person who is otherwise eligible to receive food stamp...

§ 63.2-506. Public assistance not transferable or subject to execution - Except as provided in § 63.2-512, no public assistance given...

§ 63.2-507. Personal representatives for recipients of public assistance funds - A. If any otherwise qualified applicant for, or recipient of,...

§ 63.2-508. Fees for representing applicant or recipient - No person shall make any charge or receive any fees...

§ 63.2-509. Public assistance subject to amendment or repeal of laws - All public assistance granted under this subtitle shall be deemed...

§ 63.2-510. Obligation of person to support certain children living in same home; penalty - A person is responsible for the support and maintenance of...

§ 63.2-511. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2016, c. 452, cl. 1.

§ 63.2-512. Recovery of public assistance erroneously paid - Any assistance or part thereof erroneously paid to a recipient...

§ 63.2-513. Notification of change in circumstances - If at any time during the continuance of public assistance...

§ 63.2-514. Reconsideration or changes in amount of public assistance; cancellation - A. Eligibility for public assistance shall be reconsidered in accordance...

§ 63.2-515. Notice to applicant or recipient of decision - As soon as the local board makes any decision granting,...

§ 63.2-516. Record of decision - The local board shall preserve for such time as the...

§ 63.2-517. Right of appeal to Commissioner - Any applicant or recipient aggrieved by any decision of a...

§ 63.2-518. Action by Commissioner on appeal - The Commissioner shall provide an opportunity for a hearing, reasonable...

§ 63.2-519. Finality of decision of Commissioner - The decision of the Commissioner shall be binding and considered...

§ 63.2-520. How public assistance paid - Public assistance shall be paid to or on behalf of...

§ 63.2-521. Change of residence - Any recipient of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or medical...

§ 63.2-522. False statements, representations, impersonations and fraudulent devices; penalty - Whoever obtains, or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets...

§ 63.2-523. Unauthorized use of food stamps, electronic benefit transfer cards, and energy assistance prohibited; penalties - Whoever knowingly and with intent to defraud transfers, acquires, alters,...

§ 63.2-524. Denial of benefits upon finding of fraudulent acts - Any individual applying for or receiving benefits under the federal...

§ 63.2-525. Payment by Department for legal services - Notwithstanding any provision of §§ 2.2-2814, 2.2-2815, 2.2-2816, 2.2-2823, 2.2-2824,...

§ 63.2-526. Statewide fraud control program - A. The Department shall establish a statewide fraud control program...

§ 63.2-527. Notice of earned income tax credit - The Department shall provide notice regarding the availability of the...

Chapter 6 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program

§ 63.2-600. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); purpose; administration - A. There is hereby created the Temporary Assistance for Needy...

§ 63.2-601. Virginia Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program; goals - The goals of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program...

§ 63.2-601.1. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Fund established - A. There is hereby created in the state treasury a...

§ 63.2-601.2. Statewide Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program Funding Pool Program - A. The Department shall develop a Statewide TANF Program Funding...

§ 63.2-602. Eligibility for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); penalty - A. A person shall be eligible for Temporary Assistance for...

§ 63.2-603. Eligibility for TANF; childhood immunizations - An applicant for TANF shall provide verification that all eligible...

§ 63.2-604. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2020, c. 550, cl. 2.

§ 63.2-605. Eligibility for TANF; parolees and probationers who fail drug tests - Upon receipt of notification from a probation or parole officer...

§ 63.2-606. Eligibility for TANF; school attendance - In order to be eligible for TANF, members of the...

§ 63.2-607. Eligibility for TANF; minor parent residency - A. Except as provided in subsection B, an unemancipated minor...

§ 63.2-607.1. Eligibility for TANF; drug-related felonies - A person who is otherwise eligible to receive TANF assistance...

§ 63.2-608. Virginia Initiative for Education and Work (VIEW) - A. The Department shall establish and administer the Virginia Initiative...

§ 63.2-609. VIEW exemptions - The following TANF recipients shall be exempt from mandatory participation...

§ 63.2-610. Participation in VIEW; coordinated services - A. In administering VIEW, the Department shall ensure that local...

§ 63.2-611. Case management; support services; transitional support services - A. The Commissioner, through the local departments, with such funds...

§ 63.2-612. Time limit on the receipt of TANF - Unless otherwise exempt, VIEW participants and their families may receive...

§ 63.2-613. Hardship exceptions - The Board shall adopt regulations providing exceptions to the time...

§ 63.2-614. Financial eligibility - A. Pursuant to regulations adopted by the Board, the parent...

§ 63.2-615. Payment of tuition and other expenses of public assistance recipients enrolled in skill development training programs - The Board may authorize the payment of tuition fees, transportation...

§ 63.2-616. Provision of public assistance and social services - Local departments may combine community resources to assist the families...

§ 63.2-617. Diversionary cash assistance - A. The Board shall adopt regulations to enable TANF-eligible applicants...

§ 63.2-618. Notice and appeal - A participant aggrieved by the decision of a local board...

§ 63.2-619. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2016, c. 23, cl. 2.

§ 63.2-620. Child care services for TANF and low-income families - The Department shall identify strategies for Virginia to obtain the...

§ 63.2-621. Restrictions on use of TANF cash assistance - Recipients of TANF benefits pursuant to this chapter shall not...

Chapter 7 - Economic Employment Improvement Program for Disadvantaged Persons

§ 63.2-700. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2003, c. 428.

Chapter 7.1 - Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

§ 63.2-703. Faith-based and community initiatives; responsibilities of Department - A. The General Assembly finds that faith-based, volunteer, private and...

Chapter 8 - Other Grants of Public Assistance

§ 63.2-800. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2012, cc. 803 and 835, cl. 61,...

§ 63.2-801. SNAP benefits program - A. The Board is authorized, in accordance with the federal...

§ 63.2-802. Eligibility for general relief - If a local board has exercised its option to establish...

§ 63.2-803. Payment for legal services in claims for Supplemental Security Income - The Commissioner shall establish an advocacy project to assist recipients...

§ 63.2-804. Eligibility to receive convict-made dentures - Any person who is a recipient of dental care provided...

§ 63.2-805. Home Energy Assistance Program; report; survey - A. The General Assembly declares that it is the policy...

§ 63.2-806. Unaccompanied homeless youths; services; consent - A. As used in this section, "Provider" means any person...

Chapter 9 - Foster Care

§ 63.2-900. (Effective until date pursuant to Va. Const., Art. IV, § 13) Accepting children for placement in homes, facilities, etc., by local boards - A. Pursuant to § 63.2-319, a local board shall have...

§ 63.2-900. (Effective pursuant to Va. Const., Art. IV, § 13) Accepting children for placement in homes, facilities, etc., by local boards - A. Pursuant to § 63.2-319, a local board shall have...

§ 63.2-900.1. Kinship foster care - A. The local board shall, in accordance with regulations adopted...

§ 63.2-900.2. Placement of sibling groups; visitation - All reasonable steps shall be taken to place siblings entrusted...

§ 63.2-900.3. School placement of children in foster care - When placing a child of school age in a foster...

§ 63.2-901. Supervision of placement of children in homes - The local director shall supervise the placement in suitable homes...

§ 63.2-901.1. Criminal history and central registry check for placements of children - A. Each local board and licensed child-placing agency shall obtain,...

§ 63.2-902. Agreements with persons taking children; dispute resolution; appeals - A. Every local board and licensed child-placing agency shall, with...

§ 63.2-903. Entrustment agreements; adoption - A. Whenever a local board accepts custody of a child...

§ 63.2-904. Investigation, visitation, and supervision of foster homes or independent living arrangement; removal of child - A. Before placing or arranging for the placement of any...

§ 63.2-904.1. Intervention by Commissioner; corrective action plans; assumption of temporary control - A. The Commissioner shall have the authority to create and...

§ 63.2-904.2. Complaint system - The Commissioner shall establish and maintain mechanisms to receive reports...

§ 63.2-905. Foster care services - Foster care services are the provision of a full range...

§ 63.2-905.1. Independent living services - Local departments and licensed child-placing agencies shall provide independent living...

§ 63.2-905.2. Security freezes and annual credit checks for children in foster care - A. Local departments shall request the placement of a security...

§ 63.2-905.3. Documents provided to foster care youth - When a child is leaving foster care upon reaching 18...

§ 63.2-905.4. Individuals in foster care on eighteenth birthday; enrollment in Commonwealth's program of medical assistance - Local departments shall ensure that any individual who was in...

§ 63.2-905.5. Survey of children aging out of foster care - The Department shall, in coordination with the Commission on Youth,...

§ 63.2-906. Foster care plans; permissible plan goals; court review of foster children - A. Each child who is committed or entrusted to the...

§ 63.2-906.1. Qualified residential treatment programs - A. In cases in which a child is placed by...

§ 63.2-907. Administrative review of children in foster care - Each local board shall establish and keep current a social...

§ 63.2-908. Permanent foster care placement - A. Permanent foster care placement means the place in which...

§ 63.2-909. Child support for child placed in foster care by court - Pursuant to § 16.1-290, responsible persons shall pay child support...

§ 63.2-910. Child support for child placed in foster care where legal custody remains with parent or guardian - Responsible persons shall pay child support for a child placed...

§ 63.2-910.1. Acceptance of children by local departments of social services - A local department of social services has the authority to...

§ 63.2-910.2. Petition to terminate parental rights - A. If a child has been in foster care under...

§ 63.2-911. Liability insurance for foster parents - The Department may provide liability insurance for civil matters for...

§ 63.2-912. Visitation of child placed in foster care - The circuit courts and juvenile and domestic relations district courts...

§ 63.2-913. Establishment of minimum training requirements - The Department shall, pursuant to Board regulations, establish minimum training...

§ 63.2-913.1. Caseload standard - The Department shall, pursuant to Board regulations, establish a caseload...

§ 63.2-914. Not in effect - Not in effect.

§ 63.2-915. Appeals to Commissioner - A. The following individuals shall have the right to file...

§ 63.2-916. Notice of developmental disabilities - The local department of social services shall notify the appropriate...

§ 63.2-917. Fostering Futures program; established - The Fostering Futures program is established to provide services and...

§ 63.2-918. Definitions - For purposes of this article: "Case plan" means the plan...

§ 63.2-919. Fostering Futures program; eligibility - The Fostering Futures program is available, on a voluntary basis,...

§ 63.2-920. Continuing services and support - Continuing services and support provided under the Fostering Futures program...

§ 63.2-921. Voluntary continuing services and support agreement; services provided; service worker; duties - A. In order to participate in the Fostering Futures program,...

§ 63.2-922. Termination of voluntary continuing services and support agreement; notice; appeal - A. A program participant may terminate the voluntary continuing services...

§ 63.2-923. Court proceedings; administrative reviews - A local department that enters into a voluntary continuing services...

Chapter 10 - Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children

§ 63.2-1000. Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children; form of compact - The Governor of Virginia is hereby authorized and requested to...

Chapter 11 - Implementation of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children

§ 63.2-1100. Definitions - For the purposes of Chapter 10 (§ 63.2-1000 et seq.)...

§ 63.2-1101. Discharging financial responsibilities imposed by compact or agreement - Financial responsibility for any child placed pursuant to the provisions...

§ 63.2-1102. Supplementary agreements - The officers and agencies of this Commonwealth and its subdivisions...

§ 63.2-1103. Fulfilling requirements for visitation, inspection or supervision - Requirements for visitation, inspection or supervision of children, homes, institutions...

§ 63.2-1104. Children from other states and countries - A. Any child-placing agency or court that brings or sends,...

§ 63.2-1105. Children placed out of Commonwealth - A. Any child-placing agency, licensed pursuant to Subtitle IV (§...

Chapter 12 - Adoption

§ 63.2-1200. Who may place children for adoption - A child may be placed for adoption by: 1. A...

§ 63.2-1200.1. Recognition of foreign adoption; issuance of birth certificates - A. Any adoption of a child who was born in...

§ 63.2-1201. Filing of petition for adoption; venue; jurisdiction; and proceedings - Proceedings for the adoption of a minor child and for...

§ 63.2-1201.1. Previously married persons who stood in loco parentis during the time of the marriage may adopt in the same manner as married persons - A. A man and woman previously married to each other...

§ 63.2-1202. Parental, or agency, consent required; exceptions - A. No petition for adoption shall be granted, except as...

§ 63.2-1203. When consent is withheld or unobtainable - A. If, after consideration of the evidence, the circuit court...

§ 63.2-1204. When consent is revocable; fraud or duress; mutual consent - Parental consent to an adoption or an entrustment agreement not...

§ 63.2-1205. Best interests of the child; standards for determining - In determining whether the valid consent of any person whose...

§ 63.2-1205.1. Certain offenders prohibited from adopting a child - No petition for adoption shall be granted if the person...

§ 63.2-1206. No parental presumption after revocation period expires - If, after the expiration of the appropriate revocation period provided...

§ 63.2-1207. Removal of child from adoptive home - When a child is placed in an adoptive home pursuant...

§ 63.2-1208. Investigations; report to circuit court - A. Upon consideration of the petition, the circuit court shall,...

§ 63.2-1209. Entry of interlocutory order - If, in the case of a direct parental placement adoption...

§ 63.2-1210. Probationary period, interlocutory order and order of reference not required under certain circumstances - The circuit court may omit the probationary period and the...

§ 63.2-1211. Revocation of interlocutory order - The circuit court may, by order entered of record, revoke...

§ 63.2-1212. Visitations during probationary period and report - A. Except as hereinafter provided, after the entry of an...

§ 63.2-1213. Final order of adoption - After consideration of the report made pursuant to § 63.2-1212...

§ 63.2-1214. Annual review of pending petitions for adoption; duty of Commissioner and circuit court clerk - After the expiration of twelve months from the date of...

§ 63.2-1215. Legal effects of adoption - The birth parents, and the parents by previous adoption, if...

§ 63.2-1216. Final order not subject to attack after six months - After the expiration of six months from the date of...

§ 63.2-1217. Provision of false information; penalty - Any person who knowingly and intentionally provides false information in...

§ 63.2-1218. Certain exchange of property, advertisement, solicitation prohibited; penalty - No person or child-placing agency shall charge, pay, give, or...

§ 63.2-1219. Suspected violation of property exchange information - If the juvenile and domestic relations or circuit court or...

§ 63.2-1220. Issuance of birth certificates for children adopted in the Commonwealth - For the purpose of securing a new birth certificate for...

§ 63.2-1220.01. Foreign adoptions; establishment of date of birth - A circuit court may, as part of a proceeding for...

§ 63.2-1220.1. Establishment of minimum training requirements - The Department shall, pursuant to Board regulations, establish minimum training...

§ 63.2-1220.2. Authority to enter into post-adoption contact and communication agreements - A. In any proceeding for adoption pursuant to this chapter,...

§ 63.2-1220.3. Approval of post-adoption contact and communication agreements - A. The circuit court may approve a post-adoption contact and...

§ 63.2-1220.4. Jurisdiction to approve post-adoption contact and communication agreements - A. Unless otherwise stated in the final order of adoption,...

§ 63.2-1221. Placement of children for adoption by agency or local board - A licensed child-placing agency or local board may place for...

§ 63.2-1222. Execution of entrustment agreement by birth parent(s); exceptions; notice and objection to entrustment; copy required to be furnished; requirement for agencies outside the Commonwealth - A. For the purposes of this section, a birth parent...

§ 63.2-1223. Revocation of entrustment agreement - A valid entrustment agreement terminating all parental rights and responsibilities...

§ 63.2-1224. Explanation of process, legal effects of adoption required - Prior to the placement of a child for adoption, the...

§ 63.2-1225. Determination of appropriate home - A. In determining the appropriate home in which to place...

§ 63.2-1226. When birth parents recommend adoptive parents - When a licensed child-placing agency or a local board is...

§ 63.2-1227. Filing of petition for agency adoption - A petition for the adoption of a child placed in...

§ 63.2-1228. Forwarding of petition - Upon the filing of the petition, the circuit court shall,...

§ 63.2-1228.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2010, c. 331, cl. 2.

§ 63.2-1229. Foster parent adoption - When a foster parent who has a child placed in...

§ 63.2-1230. Placement of children by parent or guardian - The birth parent, legal guardian, or adoptive parent of a...

§ 63.2-1231. Home study; meeting required; exception - A. Prior to the consent hearing in the juvenile and...

§ 63.2-1232. Requirements of a parental placement adoption; exception - A. The juvenile and domestic relations district court shall not...

§ 63.2-1233. Consent to be executed in juvenile and domestic relations district court; exceptions - When the juvenile and domestic relations district court is satisfied...

§ 63.2-1234. When consent is revocable - Consent shall be revocable as follows: 1. By either consenting...

§ 63.2-1235. Adoptive home not in child's best interests - If the juvenile and domestic relations district court determines from...

§ 63.2-1236. Duty of Department to disseminate information - The Department shall develop and disseminate information to the public...

§ 63.2-1237. Petition for parental placement adoption; jurisdiction; contents - Proceedings for the parental placement adoption of a minor child...

§ 63.2-1238. Forwarding of petition; when investigation and report not required - A. Upon the filing of the petition, the circuit court...

§ 63.2-1239. Return of copies furnished to counsel - Any copy of the report required by § 63.2-1208 to...

§ 63.2-1240. Court issuing order deemed sending agency under Interstate Compact on Placement of Children - When a petitioner moves outside the Commonwealth after the entry...

§ 63.2-1241. Adoption of child by spouse of birth or adoptive parent or other person with legitimate interest - A. In cases in which the spouse of a birth...

§ 63.2-1242. Investigation and report at discretion of circuit court - For adoptions under this article, an investigation and report shall...

§ 63.2-1242.1. Relative adoption - A. For the purposes of this chapter, a "close relative...

§ 63.2-1242.2. Close relative adoption; child in home less than two years - A. When the child has continuously resided in the home...

§ 63.2-1242.3. Close relative placement; child in home for two years or more - When the child has continuously resided in the home or...

§ 63.2-1243. Adoption of certain persons eighteen years of age or over - A petition may be filed in circuit court by any...

§ 63.2-1244. Investigation and report at discretion of circuit court; exception - For adoptions under this article, an investigation and report shall...

§ 63.2-1245. Separate order book, file and index of adoption cases; to whom available; permanent retention - Each circuit court clerk shall establish and maintain a separate...

§ 63.2-1246. Disposition of reports; disclosure of information as to identity of birth family - Upon the entry of a final order of adoption, the...

§ 63.2-1246.1. Commissioner authority to store, preserve, and certify adoption files - Upon receipt of all orders from the clerk of the...

§ 63.2-1247. Disclosure to birth family; adoptive parents; medical, etc., information; exchange of information; open records in parental placement adoptions - A. Where the adoption is finalized on or after July...

§ 63.2-1248. Fees for home studies, investigations, visitations and reports - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 17.1-275, the circuit court with...

§ 63.2-1249. Establishment of Registry - A. A Virginia Birth Father Registry is hereby established in...

§ 63.2-1250. Registration; notice; form - A. Any man who has engaged in sexual intercourse with...

§ 63.2-1251. Furnishing information; confidentiality; penalty - A. The Department is not required to locate the mother...

§ 63.2-1252. Search of registry - A. If no father-child relationship has been established pursuant to...

§ 63.2-1253. Duty to publicize registry - A. The Department shall produce and distribute a pamphlet or...

Chapter 13 - Adoption Assistance for Children with Special Needs

§ 63.2-1300. Purpose and intent of adoption assistance; eligibility - A. The purpose of adoption assistance is to facilitate adoptive...

§ 63.2-1301. Types of adoption assistance payments - A. Title IV-E maintenance payments shall be made to the...

§ 63.2-1302. Adoption assistance payments; maintenance; special needs; payment agreements; continuation of payments when adoptive parents move to another jurisdiction; procedural requirements - A. Adoption assistance payments may include Title IV-E or state-funded...

§ 63.2-1303. Application for adoption assistance payments - Eligibility for adoption assistance payments shall be determined by the...

§ 63.2-1304. Appeal to Commissioner regarding adoption assistance - Any applicant for or recipient of adoption assistance aggrieved by...

§ 63.2-1305. Federal-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance program - A. The Federal-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance program is established to...

§ 63.2-1306. State-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance program - A. The State-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance program is established to...

Chapter 14 - Uniform Act on Adoption and Medical Assistance

§ 63.2-1400. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2022, c. 264, cl. 2.

§ 63.2-1401. Compacts authorized - The Governor is authorized to develop, participate in the development...

§ 63.2-1402. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter: "Adoption assistance state" means...

§ 63.2-1403. Contents of compacts - A. A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred...

§ 63.2-1404. Medical assistance; penalties - A. A child with special needs resident in this Commonwealth...

§ 63.2-1405. Federal participation - Consistent with federal law, the Department and the Department of...

Chapter 15 - Child Abuse and Neglect

§ 63.2-1500. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2022, c. 264, cl. 2.

§ 63.2-1501. Definitions - As used in this chapter unless the context requires a...

§ 63.2-1502. Establishment of Child-Protective Services Unit; duties - There is created a Child-Protective Services Unit in the Department...

§ 63.2-1503. Local departments to establish child-protective services; duties - A. Each local department shall establish child-protective services under a...

§ 63.2-1504. Child-protective services differential response system - The Department shall implement a child-protective services differential response system...

§ 63.2-1505. Investigations by local departments - A. An investigation requires the collection of information necessary to...

§ 63.2-1506. Family assessments by local departments - A. A family assessment requires the collection of information necessary...

§ 63.2-1506.1. Human trafficking assessments by local departments - A. If a report or complaint is based upon information...

§ 63.2-1507. Cooperation by state entities - All law-enforcement departments and other state and local departments, agencies,...

§ 63.2-1508. Valid report or complaint - A. A valid report or complaint means the local department...

§ 63.2-1509. Requirement that certain injuries to children be reported by physicians, nurses, teachers, etc.; penalty for failure to report - A. The following persons who, in their professional or official...

§ 63.2-1510. Complaints by others of certain injuries to children - Any person who suspects that a child is an abused...

§ 63.2-1511. Complaints of abuse and neglect against school personnel; interagency agreement - A. If a teacher, principal or other person employed by...

§ 63.2-1512. Immunity of person making report, etc., from liability - Any person making a report pursuant to § 63.2-1509, a...

§ 63.2-1513. Knowingly making false reports; penalties - A. Any person fourteen years of age or older who...

§ 63.2-1514. Retention of records in all reports; procedures regarding unfounded reports alleged to be made in bad faith or with malicious intent - A. The local department shall retain the records of all...

§ 63.2-1515. Central registry; disclosure of information - The central registry shall contain such information as shall be...

§ 63.2-1516. Tape recording child abuse investigations - Any person who is suspected of abuse or neglect of...

§ 63.2-1516.01. Investigation procedures involving person who is the subject of complaint - The local department shall, at the initial time of contact...

§ 63.2-1516.1. Investigation procedures when school employee is subject of the complaint or report; release of information in joint investigations - A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section,...

§ 63.2-1517. Authority to take child into custody - A. A physician or child-protective services worker of a local...

§ 63.2-1518. Authority to talk to child or sibling - Any person required to make a report or conduct an...

§ 63.2-1519. Physician-patient and spousal privileges inapplicable - In any legal proceeding resulting from the filing of any...

§ 63.2-1520. Photographs and X-rays of child; use as evidence - In any case of suspected child abuse, photographs and X-rays...

§ 63.2-1521. Testimony by child using two-way closed-circuit television - A. In any civil proceeding involving alleged abuse or neglect...

§ 63.2-1522. Admission of evidence of sexual acts with children - A. In any civil proceeding involving alleged abuse or neglect...

§ 63.2-1523. Use of videotaped statements of complaining witnesses as evidence - A. In any civil proceeding involving alleged abuse or neglect...

§ 63.2-1524. Court may order certain examinations - The court may order psychological, psychiatric and physical examinations of...

§ 63.2-1525. Prima facie evidence for removal of child custody - In the case of a petition in the court for...

§ 63.2-1526. Appeals of certain actions of local departments - A. A person who is suspected of or is found...

§ 63.2-1527. Board oversight duties; Out-of-Family Investigations Advisory Committee - A. The Board shall be responsible for establishing standards for...

§ 63.2-1528. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2012, cc. 803 and 835, cl. 73.

§ 63.2-1529. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2009, c. 32.

§ 63.2-1530. Virginia Child Protection Accountability System - A. The Virginia Child Protection Accountability System (the System) is...

Chapter 16 - Adult Services

§ 63.2-1600. Home-based services - Each local board shall provide for the delivery of home-based...

§ 63.2-1601. Authority to provide adult foster care services - Each local board is authorized to provide adult foster care...

§ 63.2-1601.1. Criminal history check for agency approved providers of services to adults - A. Each local board shall obtain, in accordance with regulations...

§ 63.2-1602. Other adult services - Subject to the supervision and in accordance with regulations of...

§ 63.2-1602.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2012, cc. 803 and 835, cl. 61,...

§ 63.2-1603. Protection of adults; definitions - As used in this article: "Act of violence, force, or...

§ 63.2-1604. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2012, cc. 803 and 835, cl. 61,...

§ 63.2-1605. Protective services for adults by local departments - A. Each local board, to the extent that federal or...

§ 63.2-1606. Protection of aged or incapacitated adults; mandated and voluntary reporting - A. Matters giving reason to suspect the abuse, neglect or...

§ 63.2-1606.1. Photographs, X-rays and medical imaging of incapacitated persons; use as evidence - In any case of suspected abuse of an incapacitated person,...

§ 63.2-1607. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, cc. 749 and 1011.

§ 63.2-1608. Involuntary adult protective services - A. If an adult lacks the capacity to consent to...

§ 63.2-1609. Emergency order for adult protective services - A. Upon petition by the local department to the circuit...

§ 63.2-1610. Voluntary adult protective services - A. The local department shall provide or arrange for protective...

§ 63.2-1611. Policy of Commonwealth; Department designated agency to coordinate state efforts - The General Assembly declares that it is the policy of...

§ 63.2-1612. Responsibilities of Department; domestic violence prevention and services - It shall be the responsibility of the Department, to the...

§ 63.2-1613. Responsibilities of local departments - Local departments may, to the extent that funds are available:...

§ 63.2-1614. Authority to receive and grant funds - Subject to regulations of the Board and to the availability...

§ 63.2-1615. What functions and services may be funded - In dispersing funds through grants to local agencies to provide...

Chapter 17 - Licensure and Registration Procedures

§ 63.2-1700. Application fees; regulations and schedules; use of fees; certain facilities, centers, and agencies exempt - The Board is authorized to adopt regulations and schedules for...

§ 63.2-1701. Licenses required; issuance, expiration, and renewal; maximum number of residents, participants or children; posting of licenses - A. As used in this section, "person" means any individual;...

§ 63.2-1701.01. Expired - Expired.

§ 63.2-1701.1. Repealed - Repealed effective July 1, 2021, by Acts 2020, cc. 860...

§ 63.2-1702. Investigation on receipt of application - Upon receipt of the application, the Commissioner shall cause an...

§ 63.2-1703. Variances - The Commissioner may grant a variance to a regulation when...

§ 63.2-1704. Repealed - Repealed effective July 1, 2021, by Acts 2020, cc. 860...

§ 63.2-1705. Compliance with Uniform Statewide Building Code - A. Buildings licensed as assisted living facilities, adult day care...

§ 63.2-1705.1. Expired - Expired.

§ 63.2-1706. Inspections and interviews - A. Applicants for licensure and licensees shall at all times...

§ 63.2-1706.1. Inspections of child welfare agencies; prioritization - The Commissioner shall prioritize inspections of child welfare agencies in...

§ 63.2-1707. Issuance or refusal of license; notification; provisional and conditional licenses - Upon completion of his investigation, the Commissioner shall issue an...

§ 63.2-1708. Records and reports - Every licensed assisted living facility, licensed adult day care center,...

§ 63.2-1709. Enforcement and sanctions; assisted living facilities and adult day care centers; interim administration; receivership, revocation, denial, summary suspension - A. Upon receipt and verification by the Commissioner of information...

§ 63.2-1709.1. Enforcement and sanctions; child welfare agencies; revocation, denial, and summary suspension - A. The Commissioner may revoke or deny the renewal of...

§ 63.2-1709.2. Enforcement and sanctions; special orders; civil penalties - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, following a proceeding...

§ 63.2-1709.3. Child-placing agencies; conscience clause - A. To the extent allowed by federal law, no private...

§ 63.2-1710. Appeal from refusal, denial of renewal, or revocation of license - A. Whenever the Commissioner refuses to issue a license or...

§ 63.2-1710.1. Summary order of suspension; assisted living facilities and child welfare agencies operated by an agency of the Commonwealth - Whenever the Commissioner issues a summary order of suspension of...

§ 63.2-1710.2. Right to appeal notice of intent; assisted living facilities, adult day care centers, and child welfare agencies operated by agencies of the Commonwealth - An assisted living facility, adult day care center, or child...

§ 63.2-1711. Injunction against operation without license - Any circuit court having jurisdiction in the county or city...

§ 63.2-1712. Offenses; penalty - Any person, and each officer and each member of the...

§ 63.2-1713. Misleading advertising prohibited - No assisted living facility, adult day care center or child...

§ 63.2-1714. Duty of attorneys for the Commonwealth - It shall be the duty of the attorney for the...

§ 63.2-1715. Exemptions from licensure - A. No person to whom parental and legal custodial powers...

§ 63.2-1716. Repealed - Repealed effective July 1, 2021, by Acts 2020, cc. 860...

§ 63.2-1718. Inspection of unlicensed child or adult care operations; inspection warrant - In order to perform his duties under this subtitle, the...

§ 63.2-1719. Barrier crime; construction - For purposes of this chapter, in the case of child...

§ 63.2-1720. Assisted living facilities, adult day care centers, child-placing agencies, and independent foster homes; employment for compensation of persons or use of volunteers convicted of certain offenses prohibited; background check required; pe... - A. No assisted living facility or adult day care center...

§ 63.2-1720.1. Repealed - Repealed effective July 1, 2021, by Acts 2020, cc. 860...

§ 63.2-1721. Background check upon application for licensure as a child-placing agency, etc.; penalty - A. Upon application for licensure as a child-placing agency or...

§ 63.2-1721.1. Repealed - Repealed effective July 1, 2021, by Acts 2020, cc. 860...

§ 63.2-1722. Revocation or denial of renewal based on background checks; failure to obtain background check - A. The Commissioner may revoke or deny renewal of a...

§ 63.2-1723. Child welfare agencies; criminal conviction and waiver - A. Any person who seeks to operate or volunteer or...

§ 63.2-1724. Repealed - Repealed effective July 1, 2021, by Acts 2020, cc. 860...

§ 63.2-1726. Background check required; children's residential facilities - A. As a condition of employment, volunteering, or providing services...

§ 63.2-1727. Repealed - Repealed effective July 1, 2021, by Acts 2020, cc. 860...

§ 63.2-1728. Establishment of toll-free telephone line for complaints; investigation on receipt of complaints - With such funds as are appropriated for this purpose, the...

§ 63.2-1729. Confidentiality of complainant's identity - Whenever the Department conducts inspections and investigations in response to...

§ 63.2-1730. Retaliation or discrimination against complainants - No assisted living facility, adult day care center or child...

§ 63.2-1731. Retaliation against reports of child or adult abuse or neglect - No assisted living facility, adult day care center or child...

§ 63.2-1732. Regulations for assisted living facilities - A. The Board shall have the authority to adopt and...

§ 63.2-1733. Regulations for adult day care centers - A. The Board shall have the authority to adopt and...

§ 63.2-1734. Regulations for child welfare agencies - The Board shall adopt regulations for the activities, services, and...

§ 63.2-1735. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2012, cc. 803 and 835, cl. 76.

§ 63.2-1736. Interagency agreements; cooperation of Department with other departments - The Department is authorized to enter into interagency agreements with...

§ 63.2-1737. Licensure of group homes and residential facilities for children - A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this subtitle, the Department...

§ 63.2-1738. Repealed - Repealed effective July 1, 2021, by Acts 2020, cc. 860...

Chapter 18 - Facilities and Programs

§ 63.2-1800. Licensure requirements - A. Each license shall indicate whether the facility is licensed...

§ 63.2-1801. Access to assisted living facilities by community services boards and behavioral health authorities - All assisted living facilities shall provide reasonable access to staff...

§ 63.2-1802. Safe, secure environments for residents with serious cognitive impairments - A. Assisted living facilities may provide safe, secure environments for...

§ 63.2-1803. Staffing of assisted living facilities - A. An administrator of an assisted living facility shall be...

§ 63.2-1803.01. Possession or administration of cannabis oil - Assisted living facility staff members who are authorized to possess,...

§ 63.2-1803.1. Assisted Living Facility Education, Training, and Technical Assistance Fund established - There is hereby created in the state treasury a special...

§ 63.2-1804. Uniform assessment instrument - A uniform assessment instrument setting forth a resident's care needs...

§ 63.2-1805. Admissions and discharge; mandatory minimum liability insurance - A. The Board shall adopt regulations: 1. Governing admissions to...

§ 63.2-1806. Hospice care - Notwithstanding § 63.2-1805, at the request of the resident, hospice...

§ 63.2-1807. Certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation; do not resuscitate orders - The owners or operators of any assisted living facility may...

§ 63.2-1808. Rights and responsibilities of residents of assisted living facilities; certification of licensure - A. Any resident of an assisted living facility has the...

§ 63.2-1808.1. Life-sharing communities - A. For the purposes of this section: "Life-sharing community" means...

§ 63.2-1809. Repealed - Repealed effective July 1, 2021, by Acts 2020, cc. 860...

§ 63.2-1814. Public funds to be withheld for serious or persistent violations - The Board and the State Board of Education may adopt...

§ 63.2-1815. Repealed - Repealed effective July 1, 2021, by Acts 2020, cc. 860...

§ 63.2-1816. Municipal and county appropriations; contracts - The governing bodies of the several cities and counties of...

§ 63.2-1817. Acceptance and control over children by licensed child-placing agency, children's residential facility or independent foster home - A licensed child-placing agency, children's residential facility or independent foster...

§ 63.2-1818. Reports to Commissioner - Upon the entry of a final order of adoption involving...

§ 63.2-1819. Where child-placing agencies may place children - Any licensed child-placing agency may place or negotiate and arrange...

Chapter 19 - Child Support Enforcement

§ 63.2-1900. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...

§ 63.2-1901. Purpose of chapter; powers and duties of the Department - It is the purpose of this chapter to promote the...

§ 63.2-1902. Central unit for information and administration; request and receipt of information from other entities and agencies; disclosure of such information - The Department is authorized and directed to establish a central...

§ 63.2-1903. Authority to issue certain orders; civil penalty - A. In the absence of a court order, the Department...

§ 63.2-1904. Administrative support remedies available for individuals not receiving public assistance; fees - The Department shall make available to those individuals not receiving...

§ 63.2-1905. Establishment of State Case Registry - The Department shall keep and maintain a State Case Registry...

§ 63.2-1906. Department may disclose information to Internal Revenue Services - Upon approval of the Department of Health and Human Services,...

§ 63.2-1907. Child support enforcement; private contracts - A. Pursuant to the authority granted in § 63.2-1901, child...

§ 63.2-1908. Payment of public assistance for child or custodial parent constitutes debt to Department by noncustodial parents; limitations; Department subrogated to rights - Any payment of public assistance money made to or for...

§ 63.2-1908.1. Arrears compromise program - The Department may establish and operate an arrears compromise program...

§ 63.2-1909. Receipt of public assistance for child as assignment of right in support obligation; Commissioner as attorney for endorsing drafts - By accepting public assistance for or on behalf of a...

§ 63.2-1910. Payment of foster care expenditures for child constitutes debt to local department by noncustodial parents; limitations; local department subrogated to rights - Any payment by a local department or public agency designated...

§ 63.2-1911. Duty of local departments to enforce support; referral to Department - Whenever a local department approves an application for public assistance...

§ 63.2-1912. Minor noncustodial parents whose child receives TANF; child support obligations - If a minor noncustodial parent whose child receives TANF is...

§ 63.2-1913. Administrative establishment of paternity - The Department may establish the parent and child relationship between...

§ 63.2-1914. Hospital paternity establishment programs - Each public and private birthing hospital in the Commonwealth shall...

§ 63.2-1915. Administrative support order - All administrative orders issued by the Department shall have the...

§ 63.2-1916. Notice of administrative support order; contents; hearing; modification - The Commissioner may proceed against a noncustodial parent whose support...

§ 63.2-1917. When delivery of notice to party at last known address may be deemed sufficient - In any subsequent child support enforcement proceeding between the parties,...

§ 63.2-1918. Administrative establishment of obligations - The Department shall set child support at the amount resulting...

§ 63.2-1919. Requirement to provide financial statements - Any noncustodial parent in the Commonwealth whose absence or failure...

§ 63.2-1920. Department may order exchange of financial information - The Department may order the obligor and payee to notify...

§ 63.2-1921. Authority to initiate reviews of certain orders - A. The Department may, pursuant to this chapter and in...

§ 63.2-1922. Commissioner may set amount of debt accrued where no court order or final divorce decree - The Commissioner may, at any time, consistent with the provisions...

§ 63.2-1923. Immediate withholding from income; exception; notices required - A. Every administrative support order directing a noncustodial parent to...

§ 63.2-1924. Withholding from income; default of administrative or judicial support order; notices required; priorities; orders from other states - A. As part of every administrative support order directing a...

§ 63.2-1924.1. Health care coverage; National Medical Support Notice - A. All child support orders established and enforced pursuant to...

§ 63.2-1925. Certain amount of income that may be withheld by lien or order - Whenever a support lien, order to withhold and deliver property...

§ 63.2-1926. Withholding pursuant to foreign support order - If a court of competent jurisdiction or the agency operating...

§ 63.2-1927. Assertion of lien; effect - Ten days after service of the notice containing the proposed...

§ 63.2-1928. Service of lien - The Commissioner may at any time after the filing of...

§ 63.2-1929. Orders to withhold and to deliver property of debtor; issuance and service; contents; right to appeal; answer; effect; delivery of property; bond to release; fee; exemptions - A. After notice containing an administrative support order has been...

§ 63.2-1930. Civil liability upon failure to comply with lien, order, etc. - Should any person, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision or department...

§ 63.2-1931. Effect of service on banks, savings institutions, etc. - Service of a lien or orders to withhold and deliver...

§ 63.2-1932. Data exchange agreements authorized; immunity - The Commissioner is authorized and shall, as feasible, enter into...

§ 63.2-1932.1. Automated administrative enforcement in interstate cases - A. The Department shall use high-volume automated administrative enforcement, to...

§ 63.2-1933. Distraint, seizure and sale of property subject to liens - Whenever a support lien has been filed pursuant to §...

§ 63.2-1934. Action for foreclosure of lien; satisfaction - Whenever a support lien has been filed, an action in...

§ 63.2-1935. Satisfaction of lien after foreclosure proceedings instituted; redemption - Any person owning real property, or any interest in real...

§ 63.2-1936. Procedures for posting security, bond or guarantee to secure payment of overdue support - The Department shall require, if feasible and consistent with guidelines...

§ 63.2-1937. Applications for occupational or other license to include social security or control number; suspension upon delinquency; procedure - Every initial application for or application for renewal of a...

§ 63.2-1938. Commissioner may release lien or order or return seized property - The Commissioner may at any time release a support lien,...

§ 63.2-1939. Commissioner may make demand, file and serve liens, when payments appear in jeopardy - If the Commissioner finds that the collection of any support...

§ 63.2-1940. Reporting payment arrearage information to consumer credit reporting agencies - The Division of Child Support Enforcement shall provide support payment...

§ 63.2-1940.1. Publishing a most wanted delinquent parent list; coordinated arrests - The Division of Child Support Enforcement shall (i) publish at...

§ 63.2-1941. Additional enforcement remedies - In addition to its other enforcement remedies, the Division of...

§ 63.2-1942. Administrative hearing on notice of debt; withholdings; orders to withhold and deliver property to debtor; set-off debt collection - The Commissioner may delegate authority to conduct any administrative hearing...

§ 63.2-1943. Appeal from decision of hearing officer - An appeal may be taken by filing a written notice...

§ 63.2-1944. Employee debtor rights protected; limitation - No employer shall discharge an employee or terminate a contract...

§ 63.2-1945. Assignment of earnings to be honored; inapplicability of § 40.1-31 - Any person, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision or department of...

§ 63.2-1946. Virginia New Hire Reporting Center; State Directory of New Hires; reporting by employers - A. For the purposes of this section: "New independent contractor"...

§ 63.2-1947. Assistance by Office of the Attorney General - The attorney for the Commonwealth or other attorney who has...

§ 63.2-1948. Payment by Department for legal services - Notwithstanding any provision of §§ 2.2-2814, 2.2-2815, 2.2-2816, 2.2-2823, 2.2-2824,...

§ 63.2-1949. Authority of city, county, or attorney for the Commonwealth to represent the Department - In order to carry out the responsibilities of the Department...

§ 63.2-1950. Child support enforcement privatized legal services - The Attorney General shall provide and supervise legal services to...

§ 63.2-1951. Interest on support payments collected - The Department shall pay interest to the payee as provided...

§ 63.2-1952. Interest on debts due - Interest at the judgment interest rate as established by §...

§ 63.2-1953. Disposition of funds collected as debts to Department - Funds collected as a debt to the Department pursuant to...

§ 63.2-1954. Distribution of collection - Support payments received by the Department pursuant to one or...

§ 63.2-1954.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2010, c. 243, cl. 2, effective April...

§ 63.2-1955. Distribution of collections from federal tax refund offsets - Distribution of amounts collected by the Department as a result...

§ 63.2-1956. Release of excess funds to debtor - Whenever any person, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision or department...

§ 63.2-1957. Unidentifiable moneys held in special account - All moneys collected in fees, costs, attorney fees, interest payments,...

§ 63.2-1958. Charging off support debts as uncollectible - Any support debt due the Department pursuant to § 63.2-1908...

§ 63.2-1959. Department exempt from fees - No filing or recording fees, court fees, or fees for...

§ 63.2-1960. Recovery of certain fees and costs - The Department shall have the authority to assess and recover...

Chapter 20 - Neighborhood Assistance Act

§ 63.2-2000. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2008, c. 585, cl. 5.

§ 63.2-2002. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2009, c. 851, cl. 4.

§ 63.2-2003. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2008, c. 585, cl. 5.

Chapter 21 - Family and Children's Trust Fund

§ 63.2-2100. Family and Children's Trust Fund; public purpose; exempt from taxation - A. There is hereby created the Family and Children's Trust...

§ 63.2-2101. Members of Board; terms; vacancies; meetings - A. The Family and Children's Trust Fund shall be administered...

§ 63.2-2102. Powers and duties of the Board of Trustees - The Board of Trustees shall have the authority to: 1....

§ 63.2-2103. Management of the Family and Children's Trust Fund - All funds received shall be paid to the treasury of...

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Code of Virginia Title 63.2 - Welfare (Social Services)

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Title 63.2 - Welfare (Social Services)