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Whenever an employee of the Department of Social Services is served with a summons, subpoena, subpoena duces tecum or order directing him to produce such records, the employee may comply by transmitting a copy of the payment records certified as described above to the clerk of the court. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a judge may, upon good cause shown and upon notice of the items in the records being questioned, direct that an employee of the Department personally appear.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":205171,"text":"Copies of support payment records maintained by the Department of Social Services, when certified over the signature of a designated employee of such entity, shall be considered to be satisfactorily identified and shall be admitted in any proceeding as prima facie evidence of such transactions. Additional proof of the official character of the person certifying such record or the authenticity of his signature shall not be required. Whenever an employee of the Department of Social Services is served with a summons, subpoena, subpoena duces tecum or order directing him to produce such records, the employee may comply by transmitting a copy of the payment records certified as described above to the clerk of the court. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a judge may, upon good cause shown and upon notice of the items in the records being questioned, direct that an employee of the Department personally appear.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13216,"edition_id":1,"name":"Support","identifier":"4.1","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12711,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:28","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:28","permalink":{"id":178395,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13216,"identifier":"4.1","token":"20\/4.1","url":"\/20\/4.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12711,"edition_id":1,"name":"Domestic Relations","identifier":"20","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":178075,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12711,"identifier":"20","token":"20","url":"\/20\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":75572,"structure_id":13216,"section_number":"20-60.1","catch_line":"Applicability of chapter","url":"\/20-60.1\/","token":"20\/4.1\/20-60.1","metadata":false},{"id":55991,"structure_id":13216,"section_number":"20-60.2","catch_line":"Admissibility and identification of support payment records","url":"\/20-60.2\/","token":"20\/4.1\/20-60.2","metadata":false},{"id":54223,"structure_id":13216,"section_number":"20-60.3","catch_line":"Contents of support orders","url":"\/20-60.3\/","token":"20\/4.1\/20-60.3","metadata":false},{"id":67157,"structure_id":13216,"section_number":"20-60.4","catch_line":"Abstracts of orders, etc.; clerk shall transmit information regarding any order of support which is entered or modified to Department of Social Services","url":"\/20-60.4\/","token":"20\/4.1\/20-60.4","metadata":false},{"id":58182,"structure_id":13216,"section_number":"20-60.5","catch_line":"Support payment provisions; how paid","url":"\/20-60.5\/","token":"20\/4.1\/20-60.5","metadata":false},{"id":68959,"structure_id":13216,"section_number":"20-60.6","catch_line":"When delivery of notice to party at last known address sufficient","url":"\/20-60.6\/","token":"20\/4.1\/20-60.6","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":75572,"structure_id":13216,"section_number":"20-60.1","catch_line":"Applicability of chapter","url":"\/20-60.1\/","token":"20\/4.1\/20-60.1","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":54223,"structure_id":13216,"section_number":"20-60.3","catch_line":"Contents of support orders","url":"\/20-60.3\/","token":"20\/4.1\/20-60.3","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/20-60.2\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 488 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":178401,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55991,"identifier":"20-60.2","token":"20\/4.1\/20-60.2","url":"\/20-60.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-60.2\/","token":"20\/4.1\/20-60.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Admissibility and identification of support payment records","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-60.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Copies of support payment records maintained by the Department of Social Services, when certified over the signature of a designated employee of such entity, shall be considered to be satisfactorily identified and shall be admitted in any proceeding as prima facie evidence<\/span> of such transactions. Additional proof of the official character of the person certifying such record or the authenticity of his signature shall not be required. Whenever an employee of the Department of Social Services is served with a summons<\/span>, subpoena, subpoena duces tecum<\/span> or order<\/span> directing him to produce such records, the employee may comply by transmitting a copy of the payment records certified as described above to the clerk of the court<\/span>. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a judge<\/span> may, upon good cause shown and upon notice of the items in the records being questioned, direct that an employee of the Department personally appear.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADMISSIBILITY AND IDENTIFICATION OF SUPPORT PAYMENT RECORDS (\u00a7 20-60.2)\n\nCopies of support payment records maintained by the Department of Social\nServices, when certified over the signature of a designated employee of such\nentity, shall be considered to be satisfactorily identified and shall be\nadmitted in any proceeding as prima facie evidence of such transactions.\nAdditional proof of the official character of the person certifying such record\nor the authenticity of his signature shall not be required. Whenever an employee\nof the Department of Social Services is served with a summons, subpoena,\nsubpoena duces tecum or order directing him to produce such records, the\nemployee may comply by transmitting a copy of the payment records certified as\ndescribed above to the clerk of the court. Notwithstanding the provisions of\nthis section, a judge may, upon good cause shown and upon notice of the items in\nthe records being questioned, direct that an employee of the Department\npersonally appear.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 488.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}