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The support enforcement agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state or a foreign country a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amounts and dates of all payments received.B\n\nIf neither the obligor, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the child resides in the Commonwealth, upon request from the support enforcement agency of the Commonwealth or another state, the support enforcement agency of the Commonwealth or a tribunal of the Commonwealth shall:1\n\nOrder that the support payment be made to the support enforcement agency in the state in which the obligee is receiving services; and2\n\nIssue and send to the obligor’s employer a conforming income-withholding order or an administrative notice of change of payee, reflecting the redirected payments.C\n\nThe support enforcement agency of the Commonwealth receiving redirected payments from another state pursuant to a law similar to subsection B shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of the other state a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amount and dates of all payments received.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":290843,"text":"A support enforcement agency or tribunal of the Commonwealth shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order. 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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 673<\/a> 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. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2005, chapter 754<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 727<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":178819,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81145,"identifier":"20-88.62","token":"20\/5.3\/5\/20-88.62","url":"\/20-88.62\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-88.62\/","token":"20\/5.3\/5\/20-88.62","dublin_core":{"Title":"Receipt and disbursement of payments","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-88.62","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A support enforcement agency<\/span> or tribunal<\/span> of the Commonwealth shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order<\/span>, as directed by the order. The support enforcement agency<\/span> or tribunal<\/span> shall furnish to a requesting party<\/span> or tribunal<\/span> of another state<\/span> or a foreign country<\/span> a certified statement by the custodian of the record<\/span> of the amounts and dates of all payments received. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If neither the obligor<\/span>, nor the obligee<\/span> who is an individual, nor the child<\/span> resides in the Commonwealth, upon request from the support enforcement agency<\/span> of the Commonwealth or another state<\/span>, the support enforcement agency<\/span> of the Commonwealth or a tribunal<\/span> of the Commonwealth shall: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Order that the support payment be made to the support enforcement agency<\/span> in the state<\/span> in which the obligee<\/span> is receiving services; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Issue<\/span> and send to the obligor<\/span>’s employer<\/span> a conforming income<\/span>-withholding order<\/span> or an administrative notice of change of payee, reflecting the redirected payments. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The support enforcement agency<\/span> of the Commonwealth receiving redirected payments from another state<\/span> pursuant to a law<\/span> similar to subsection B shall furnish to a requesting party<\/span> or tribunal<\/span> of the other state<\/span> a certified statement by the custodian of the record<\/span> of the amount and dates of all payments received. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECEIPT AND DISBURSEMENT OF PAYMENTS (\u00a7 20-88.62)\n\nA. A support enforcement agency or tribunal of the Commonwealth shall disburse\npromptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the\norder. The support enforcement agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting\nparty or tribunal of another state or a foreign country a certified statement by\nthe custodian of the record of the amounts and dates of all payments received.\n\nB. If neither the obligor, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the child\nresides in the Commonwealth, upon request from the support enforcement agency of\nthe Commonwealth or another state, the support enforcement agency of the\nCommonwealth or a tribunal of the Commonwealth shall:\n\n 1. Order that the support payment be made to the support enforcement agency in\n the state in which the obligee is receiving services; and\n\n 2. Issue and send to the obligor’s employer a conforming\n income-withholding order or an administrative notice of change of payee,\n reflecting the redirected payments.\n\nC. The support enforcement agency of the Commonwealth receiving redirected\npayments from another state pursuant to a law similar to subsection B shall\nfurnish to a requesting party or tribunal of the other state a certified\nstatement by the custodian of the record of the amount and dates of all payments\nreceived.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 673; 2005, c. 754; 2015, c. 727.","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}}