Any affidavits filed and other information collected shall be retained for ten years following the date of registration by any qualified person to which the information pertains. Any qualified person who registers may renew his or her registration for ten additional years within one hundred eighty days prior to the last day of ten years from the date of initial registration.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 48. Domestic Relations
Article 23. Voluntary Adoption Registry
§48-23-101. Policy Regarding Persons Obtaining Identifying Information After Adoption
§48-23-102. Legislative Purpose
§48-23-201. Applicability of Definitions
§48-23-206. Genetic and Social History Defined
§48-23-207. Health History Defined
§48-23-208. Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry or Registry Defined
§48-23-209. Putative Father Defined
§48-23-401. Persons to Whom Use of the Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry Is Available
§48-23-402. Age Limitations on Use of the Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry
§48-23-403. Registration by a Birth Father
§48-23-404. Registration by a Birth Parent Who Used an Alias in Terminating Parental Rights
§48-23-501. Prerequisites to Disclosure of Identifying Information
§48-23-502. Counseling of Registrants
§48-23-503. Cases Where Disclosure of Identifying Information Cannot Occur
§48-23-504. Matching and Disclosure Procedures
§48-23-505. Retention of Data by the Registry
§48-23-506. Scope of Information Obtained by the Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry
§48-23-507. Fees for Operations of the Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry