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This law was first created in 2008. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 763<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":237941,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58019,"identifier":"53.1-31.2","token":"53.1\/2\/1\/53.1-31.2","url":"\/53.1-31.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-31.2\/","token":"53.1\/2\/1\/53.1-31.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notification of child support due by a prisoner","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-31.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> of Corrections shall cooperate with the Division of Child Support Enforcement to provide at regular intervals, but at least annually, a list of persons incarcerated. Upon receipt of such list, the Division shall identify those prisoners who are the subject of a court<\/span> or administrative order<\/span> requiring them to pay child support and the amount of each prisoner’s obligation. The Division shall then inform the Department<\/span> of the prisoners owing child support payments and the Department<\/span> may inform the prisoner upon his reentry the amount of his arrearage.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTIFICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT DUE BY A PRISONER (\u00a7 53.1-31.2)\n\nThe Department of Corrections shall cooperate with the Division of Child Support\nEnforcement to provide at regular intervals, but at least annually, a list of\npersons incarcerated. Upon receipt of such list, the Division shall identify\nthose prisoners who are the subject of a court or administrative order requiring\nthem to pay child support and the amount of each prisoner’s obligation.\nThe Division shall then inform the Department of the prisoners owing child\nsupport payments and the Department may inform the prisoner upon his reentry the\namount of his arrearage.\n\nHISTORY: 2008, c. 763.","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}}