{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/63.2-1000.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/63.2-1000.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/63.2-1000.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/63.2-1000.html"}],"law_id":82245,"edition_id":1,"section_id":82245,"structure_id":16841,"section_number":"63.2-1000","catch_line":"Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children; form of compact","history":"1975, c. 406, \u00a7 63.1-219.2; 2002, c. 747; 2012, cc. 476, 507.","full_text":"The Governor of Virginia is hereby authorized and requested to execute, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia, with any other state or states legally joining therein, a compact which shall be in form substantially as follows:\n\t\tThe contracting states solemnly agree that:\n\t\tARTICLE I. Purpose and Policy.\n\t\tIt is the purpose and policy of the party states to cooperate with each other in the interstate placement of children to the end that:\n\na\n\nEach child requiring placement shall receive the maximum opportunity to be placed in a suitable environment and with persons or institutions having appropriate qualifications and facilities to provide a necessary and desirable degree and type of care.b\n\nThe appropriate authorities in a state where a child is to be placed may have full opportunity to ascertain the circumstances of the proposed placement, thereby promoting full compliance with applicable requirements for the protection of the child.c\n\nThe proper authorities of the state from which the placement is made may obtain the most complete information on the basis of which to evaluate a projected placement before it is made.d\n\nAppropriate jurisdictional arrangements for the care of children will be promoted.\n\t\t\tARTICLE II. Definitions.\n\t\t\tAs used in this compact:a\n\n“Child” means a person who, by reason of minority, is legally subject to parental, guardianship or similar control.b\n\n“Sending agency” means a party state, officer or employee thereof; a subdivision of a party state, or officer or employee thereof; a court of a party state; a person, corporation, association, charitable agency or other entity which sends, brings, or causes to be sent or brought any child to another party state.c\n\n“Receiving state” means the state to which a child is sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought, whether by public authorities or private persons or agencies, and whether for placement with state or local public authorities or for placement with private agencies or persons.d\n\n“Placement” means the arrangement for the care of a child in a family free or boarding home or in a child-caring agency or institution but does not include any institution caring for individuals with mental illness, intellectual disability, or epilepsy or any institution primarily educational in character, and any hospital or other medical facility.\n\t\t\tARTICLE III. Conditions for Placement.a\n\nNo sending agency shall send, bring, or cause to be sent or brought into any other party state any child for placement in foster care or as a preliminary to a possible adoption unless the sending agency shall comply with each and every requirement set forth in this article and with the applicable laws of the receiving state governing the placement of children therein.b\n\nPrior to sending, bringing or causing any child to be sent or brought into a receiving state for placement in foster care or as a preliminary to a possible adoption, the sending agency shall furnish the appropriate public authorities in the receiving state written notice of the intention to send, bring, or place the child in the receiving state. The notice shall contain:1\n\nThe name, date and place of birth of the child.2\n\nThe identity and address or addresses of the parents or legal guardian.3\n\nThe name and address of the person, agency or institution to or with which the sending agency proposes to send, bring, or place the child.4\n\nA full statement of the reasons for such proposed action and evidence of the authority pursuant to which the placement is proposed to be made.c\n\nAny public officer or agency in a receiving state which is in receipt of a notice pursuant to paragraph (b) of this article may request of the sending agency, or any other appropriate officer or agency of or in the sending agency’s state, and shall be entitled to receive therefrom, such supporting or additional information as it may deem necessary under the circumstances to carry out the purpose and policy of this compact.d\n\nThe child shall not be sent, brought or caused to be sent or brought into the receiving state until the appropriate public authorities in the receiving state shall notify the sending agency, in writing, to the effect that the proposed placement does not appear to be contrary to the interests of the child.\n\t\t\tARTICLE IV. Penalty for Illegal Placement.\n\t\t\tThe sending, bringing, or causing to be sent or brought into any receiving state of a child in violation of the terms of this compact shall constitute a violation of the laws respecting the placement of children of both the state in which the sending agency is located or from which it sends or brings the child and of the receiving state. Such violation may be punished or subjected to penalty in either jurisdiction in accordance with its laws. In addition to liability for any such punishment or penalty, any such violation shall constitute full and sufficient grounds for the suspension or revocation of any license, permit, or other legal authorization held by the sending agency which empowers or allows it to place, or care for children.\n\t\t\tARTICLE V. Retention of Jurisdiction.a\n\nThe sending agency shall retain jurisdiction over the child sufficient to determine all matters in relation to the custody, supervision, care, treatment and disposition of the child which it would have had if the child had remained in the sending agency’s state, until the child is adopted, reaches majority, becomes self-supporting or is discharged with the concurrence of the appropriate authority in the receiving state. Such jurisdiction shall also include the power to effect or cause the return of the child or its transfer to another location and custody pursuant to law. The sending agency shall continue to have financial responsibility for support and maintenance of the child during the period of the placement. Nothing contained herein shall defeat a claim of jurisdiction by a receiving state sufficient to deal with an act of delinquency or crime committed therein.b\n\nWhen the sending agency is a public agency, it may enter into an agreement with an authorized public or private agency in the receiving state providing for the performance of one or more services in respect of such cases by the latter as agent for the sending agency.c\n\nNothing in this compact shall be construed to prevent a private charitable agency authorized to place children in the receiving state from performing services or acting as agent in that state for a private charitable agency of the sending state; nor to prevent the agency in the receiving state from discharging financial responsibility for the support and maintenance of a child who has been placed on behalf of the sending agency without relieving the responsibility set forth in paragraph (a) hereof.\n\t\t\tARTICLE VI. Institutional Care of Delinquent Children.\n\t\t\tA child adjudicated delinquent may be placed in an institution in another party jurisdiction pursuant to this compact but no such placement shall be made unless the child is given a court hearing on notice to the parent or guardian with opportunity to be heard, prior to his being sent to such other party jurisdiction for institutional care and the court finds that:1\n\nEquivalent facilities for the child are not available in the sending agency’s jurisdiction; and2\n\nInstitutional care in the other jurisdiction is in the best interest of the child and will not produce undue hardship.\n\t\t\t\tARTICLE VII. Compact Administrator.\n\t\t\t\tThe executive head of each jurisdiction party to this compact shall designate an officer who shall be general coordinator of activities under this compact in his jurisdiction and who, acting jointly with like officers of other party jurisdictions, shall have the power to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms and provisions of this compact.\n\t\t\t\tARTICLE VIII. Limitations.\n\t\t\t\tThis compact shall not apply to:a\n\nThe sending or bringing of a child into a receiving state by his parent, step-parent, grandparent, adult brother or sister, adult uncle or aunt, or his guardian and leaving the child with any such relative or nonagency guardian in the receiving state.b\n\nAny placement, sending or bringing of a child into a receiving state pursuant to any other interstate compact to which both the state from which the child is sent or brought and the receiving state are party, or to any other agreement between said states which has the force of law.\n\t\t\tARTICLE IX. Enactment and Withdrawal.\n\t\t\tThis compact shall be open to joinder by any state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and, with the consent of Congress, the Government of Canada or any province thereof. It shall become effective with respect to any such jurisdiction when such jurisdiction has enacted the same into law. Withdrawal from this compact shall be by the enactment of a statute repealing the same, but shall not take effect until two years after the effective date of such statute and until written notice of the withdrawal has been given by the withdrawing state to the Governor of each other party jurisdiction. Withdrawal of a party state shall not affect the rights, duties and obligations under this compact of any sending agency therein with respect to a placement made prior to the effective date of withdrawal.\n\t\t\tARTICLE X. Construction and Severability.\n\t\t\tThe provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state party thereto, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining states and in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":294709,"text":"The Governor of Virginia is hereby authorized and requested to execute, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia, with any other state or states legally joining therein, a compact which shall be in form substantially as follows:\n\t\tThe contracting states solemnly agree that:\n\t\tARTICLE I. Purpose and Policy.\n\t\tIt is the purpose and policy of the party states to cooperate with each other in the interstate placement of children to the end that:","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"next_prefix":"a"},"1":{"id":294710,"text":"Each child requiring placement shall receive the maximum opportunity to be placed in a suitable environment and with persons or institutions having appropriate qualifications and facilities to provide a necessary and desirable degree and type of care.","type":"section","prefixes":["a"],"prefix":"a","entire_prefix":"a","prefix_anchor":"a","level":1,"prior_prefix":"","next_prefix":"b"},"2":{"id":294711,"text":"The appropriate authorities in a state where a child is to be placed may have full opportunity to ascertain the circumstances of the proposed placement, thereby promoting full compliance with applicable requirements for the protection of the child.","type":"section","prefixes":["b"],"prefix":"b","entire_prefix":"b","prefix_anchor":"b","level":1,"prior_prefix":"a","next_prefix":"c"},"3":{"id":294712,"text":"The proper authorities of the state from which the placement is made may obtain the most complete information on the basis of which to evaluate a projected placement before it is made.","type":"section","prefixes":["c"],"prefix":"c","entire_prefix":"c","prefix_anchor":"c","level":1,"prior_prefix":"b","next_prefix":"d"},"4":{"id":294713,"text":"Appropriate jurisdictional arrangements for the care of children will be promoted.\n\t\t\tARTICLE II. Definitions.\n\t\t\tAs used in this compact:","type":"section","prefixes":["d"],"prefix":"d","entire_prefix":"d","prefix_anchor":"d","level":1,"prior_prefix":"c","next_prefix":"a"},"5":{"id":294714,"text":"“Child” means a person who, by reason of minority, is legally subject to parental, guardianship or similar control.","type":"section","prefixes":["a"],"prefix":"a","entire_prefix":"a","prefix_anchor":"a","level":1,"prior_prefix":"d","next_prefix":"b"},"6":{"id":294715,"text":"“Sending agency” means a party state, officer or employee thereof; a subdivision of a party state, or officer or employee thereof; a court of a party state; a person, corporation, association, charitable agency or other entity which sends, brings, or causes to be sent or brought any child to another party state.","type":"section","prefixes":["b"],"prefix":"b","entire_prefix":"b","prefix_anchor":"b","level":1,"prior_prefix":"a","next_prefix":"c"},"7":{"id":294716,"text":"“Receiving state” means the state to which a child is sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought, whether by public authorities or private persons or agencies, and whether for placement with state or local public authorities or for placement with private agencies or persons.","type":"section","prefixes":["c"],"prefix":"c","entire_prefix":"c","prefix_anchor":"c","level":1,"prior_prefix":"b","next_prefix":"d"},"8":{"id":294717,"text":"“Placement” means the arrangement for the care of a child in a family free or boarding home or in a child-caring agency or institution but does not include any institution caring for individuals with mental illness, intellectual disability, or epilepsy or any institution primarily educational in character, and any hospital or other medical facility.\n\t\t\tARTICLE III. Conditions for Placement.","type":"section","prefixes":["d"],"prefix":"d","entire_prefix":"d","prefix_anchor":"d","level":1,"prior_prefix":"c","next_prefix":"a"},"9":{"id":294718,"text":"No sending agency shall send, bring, or cause to be sent or brought into any other party state any child for placement in foster care or as a preliminary to a possible adoption unless the sending agency shall comply with each and every requirement set forth in this article and with the applicable laws of the receiving state governing the placement of children therein.","type":"section","prefixes":["a"],"prefix":"a","entire_prefix":"a","prefix_anchor":"a","level":1,"prior_prefix":"d","next_prefix":"b"},"10":{"id":294719,"text":"Prior to sending, bringing or causing any child to be sent or brought into a receiving state for placement in foster care or as a preliminary to a possible adoption, the sending agency shall furnish the appropriate public authorities in the receiving state written notice of the intention to send, bring, or place the child in the receiving state. The notice shall contain:","type":"section","prefixes":["b"],"prefix":"b","entire_prefix":"b","prefix_anchor":"b","level":1,"prior_prefix":"a","next_prefix":"b1"},"11":{"id":294720,"text":"The name, date and place of birth of the child.","type":"section","prefixes":["b","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"b1","prefix_anchor":"b1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"b","next_prefix":"b2"},"12":{"id":294721,"text":"The identity and address or addresses of the parents or legal guardian.","type":"section","prefixes":["b","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"b2","prefix_anchor":"b2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"b1","next_prefix":"b3"},"13":{"id":294722,"text":"The name and address of the person, agency or institution to or with which the sending agency proposes to send, bring, or place the child.","type":"section","prefixes":["b","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"b3","prefix_anchor":"b3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"b2","next_prefix":"b4"},"14":{"id":294723,"text":"A full statement of the reasons for such proposed action and evidence of the authority pursuant to which the placement is proposed to be made.","type":"section","prefixes":["b","4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"b4","prefix_anchor":"b4","level":2,"prior_prefix":"b3","next_prefix":"c"},"15":{"id":294724,"text":"Any public officer or agency in a receiving state which is in receipt of a notice pursuant to paragraph (b) of this article may request of the sending agency, or any other appropriate officer or agency of or in the sending agency’s state, and shall be entitled to receive therefrom, such supporting or additional information as it may deem necessary under the circumstances to carry out the purpose and policy of this compact.","type":"section","prefixes":["c"],"prefix":"c","entire_prefix":"c","prefix_anchor":"c","level":1,"prior_prefix":"b4","next_prefix":"d"},"16":{"id":294725,"text":"The child shall not be sent, brought or caused to be sent or brought into the receiving state until the appropriate public authorities in the receiving state shall notify the sending agency, in writing, to the effect that the proposed placement does not appear to be contrary to the interests of the child.\n\t\t\tARTICLE IV. Penalty for Illegal Placement.\n\t\t\tThe sending, bringing, or causing to be sent or brought into any receiving state of a child in violation of the terms of this compact shall constitute a violation of the laws respecting the placement of children of both the state in which the sending agency is located or from which it sends or brings the child and of the receiving state. Such violation may be punished or subjected to penalty in either jurisdiction in accordance with its laws. In addition to liability for any such punishment or penalty, any such violation shall constitute full and sufficient grounds for the suspension or revocation of any license, permit, or other legal authorization held by the sending agency which empowers or allows it to place, or care for children.\n\t\t\tARTICLE V. Retention of Jurisdiction.","type":"section","prefixes":["d"],"prefix":"d","entire_prefix":"d","prefix_anchor":"d","level":1,"prior_prefix":"c","next_prefix":"a"},"17":{"id":294726,"text":"The sending agency shall retain jurisdiction over the child sufficient to determine all matters in relation to the custody, supervision, care, treatment and disposition of the child which it would have had if the child had remained in the sending agency’s state, until the child is adopted, reaches majority, becomes self-supporting or is discharged with the concurrence of the appropriate authority in the receiving state. Such jurisdiction shall also include the power to effect or cause the return of the child or its transfer to another location and custody pursuant to law. The sending agency shall continue to have financial responsibility for support and maintenance of the child during the period of the placement. Nothing contained herein shall defeat a claim of jurisdiction by a receiving state sufficient to deal with an act of delinquency or crime committed therein.","type":"section","prefixes":["a"],"prefix":"a","entire_prefix":"a","prefix_anchor":"a","level":1,"prior_prefix":"d","next_prefix":"b"},"18":{"id":294727,"text":"When the sending agency is a public agency, it may enter into an agreement with an authorized public or private agency in the receiving state providing for the performance of one or more services in respect of such cases by the latter as agent for the sending agency.","type":"section","prefixes":["b"],"prefix":"b","entire_prefix":"b","prefix_anchor":"b","level":1,"prior_prefix":"a","next_prefix":"c"},"19":{"id":294728,"text":"Nothing in this compact shall be construed to prevent a private charitable agency authorized to place children in the receiving state from performing services or acting as agent in that state for a private charitable agency of the sending state; nor to prevent the agency in the receiving state from discharging financial responsibility for the support and maintenance of a child who has been placed on behalf of the sending agency without relieving the responsibility set forth in paragraph (a) hereof.\n\t\t\tARTICLE VI. Institutional Care of Delinquent Children.\n\t\t\tA child adjudicated delinquent may be placed in an institution in another party jurisdiction pursuant to this compact but no such placement shall be made unless the child is given a court hearing on notice to the parent or guardian with opportunity to be heard, prior to his being sent to such other party jurisdiction for institutional care and the court finds that:","type":"section","prefixes":["c"],"prefix":"c","entire_prefix":"c","prefix_anchor":"c","level":1,"prior_prefix":"b","next_prefix":"c1"},"20":{"id":294729,"text":"Equivalent facilities for the child are not available in the sending agency’s jurisdiction; and","type":"section","prefixes":["c","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"c1","prefix_anchor":"c1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"c","next_prefix":"c2"},"21":{"id":294730,"text":"Institutional care in the other jurisdiction is in the best interest of the child and will not produce undue hardship.\n\t\t\t\tARTICLE VII. Compact Administrator.\n\t\t\t\tThe executive head of each jurisdiction party to this compact shall designate an officer who shall be general coordinator of activities under this compact in his jurisdiction and who, acting jointly with like officers of other party jurisdictions, shall have the power to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms and provisions of this compact.\n\t\t\t\tARTICLE VIII. Limitations.\n\t\t\t\tThis compact shall not apply to:","type":"section","prefixes":["c","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"c2","prefix_anchor":"c2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"c1","next_prefix":"a"},"22":{"id":294731,"text":"The sending or bringing of a child into a receiving state by his parent, step-parent, grandparent, adult brother or sister, adult uncle or aunt, or his guardian and leaving the child with any such relative or nonagency guardian in the receiving state.","type":"section","prefixes":["a"],"prefix":"a","entire_prefix":"a","prefix_anchor":"a","level":1,"prior_prefix":"c2","next_prefix":"b"},"23":{"id":294732,"text":"Any placement, sending or bringing of a child into a receiving state pursuant to any other interstate compact to which both the state from which the child is sent or brought and the receiving state are party, or to any other agreement between said states which has the force of law.\n\t\t\tARTICLE IX. Enactment and Withdrawal.\n\t\t\tThis compact shall be open to joinder by any state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and, with the consent of Congress, the Government of Canada or any province thereof. It shall become effective with respect to any such jurisdiction when such jurisdiction has enacted the same into law. Withdrawal from this compact shall be by the enactment of a statute repealing the same, but shall not take effect until two years after the effective date of such statute and until written notice of the withdrawal has been given by the withdrawing state to the Governor of each other party jurisdiction. Withdrawal of a party state shall not affect the rights, duties and obligations under this compact of any sending agency therein with respect to a placement made prior to the effective date of withdrawal.\n\t\t\tARTICLE X. Construction and Severability.\n\t\t\tThe provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. 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This law was first created in 1975. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 406 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 1975 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 2002, chapter 747<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 476<\/a> and 507<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":74908,"section_number":"22.1-101.1","catch_line":"Increase of funds for certain nonresident students; how increase computed and paid; billing of out-of-state placing agencies or persons","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-101.1\/"},{"id":82088,"section_number":"22.1-218.1","catch_line":"Duty to process placements through the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-218.1\/"},{"id":71916,"section_number":"63.2-1100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1100\/"},{"id":80712,"section_number":"63.2-1101","catch_line":"Discharging financial responsibilities imposed by compact or agreement","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1101\/"},{"id":58082,"section_number":"63.2-1102","catch_line":"Supplementary agreements","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1102\/"},{"id":76181,"section_number":"63.2-1103","catch_line":"Fulfilling requirements for visitation, inspection or supervision","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1103\/"},{"id":77391,"section_number":"63.2-1104","catch_line":"Children from other states and countries","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1104\/"},{"id":83718,"section_number":"63.2-1105","catch_line":"Children placed out of Commonwealth","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1105\/"},{"id":69788,"section_number":"63.2-1233","catch_line":"Consent to be executed in juvenile and domestic relations district court; exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1233\/"},{"id":78297,"section_number":"63.2-1240","catch_line":"Court issuing order deemed sending agency under Interstate Compact on Placement of Children","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1240\/"},{"id":83009,"section_number":"66-14","catch_line":"Allowance for maintenance of children placed by Commonwealth in private homes, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/66-14\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":271335,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82245,"identifier":"63.2-1000","token":"63.2\/III\/10\/63.2-1000","url":"\/63.2-1000\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1000\/","token":"63.2\/III\/10\/63.2-1000","dublin_core":{"Title":"Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children; form of compact","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1000","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Governor of Virginia is hereby authorized and requested to execute, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia, with any other state or states legally joining therein, a compact which shall be in form substantially as follows:\n\t\tThe contracting states solemnly agree that:\n\t\tARTICLE I. Purpose and Policy.\n\t\tIt is the purpose and policy of the party<\/span> states to cooperate with each other in the interstate placement<\/span> of children to the end that:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> Each child<\/span> requiring placement shall receive the maximum opportunity to be placed in a suitable environment and with persons or institutions having appropriate qualifications and facilities to provide a necessary and desirable degree and type of care. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> The appropriate authorities in a state where a child<\/span> is to be placed may have full opportunity to ascertain the circumstances of the proposed placement, thereby promoting full compliance with applicable requirements for the protection of the child<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> The proper authorities of the state from which the placement is made may obtain the most complete information on the basis of which to evaluate a projected placement before it is made. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

d.<\/span> Appropriate jurisdictional arrangements for the care of children will be promoted.\n\t\t\tARTICLE II. Definitions.\n\t\t\tAs used in this compact: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> “Child<\/span>” means a person who, by reason of minority, is legally subject to parental, guardianship or similar control. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> “Sending agency<\/span>” means a party<\/span> state, officer or employee thereof; a subdivision of a party<\/span> state, or officer or employee thereof; a court<\/span> of a party<\/span> state; a person, corporation, association, charitable agency or other entity which sends, brings, or causes to be sent or brought any child<\/span> to another party<\/span> state. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> “Receiving state<\/span>” means the state to which a child<\/span> is sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought, whether by public authorities or private persons or agencies, and whether for placement with state or local public authorities or for placement with private agencies or persons. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

d.<\/span> “Placement” means the arrangement for the care of a child<\/span> in a family free or boarding home or in a child<\/span>-caring agency or institution but does not include any institution caring for individuals with mental illness, intellectual disability, or epilepsy or any institution primarily educational in character, and any hospital or other medical facility.\n\t\t\tARTICLE III. Conditions for Placement. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> No sending agency<\/span> shall send, bring, or cause to be sent or brought into any other party<\/span> state any child<\/span> for placement in foster care or as a preliminary to a possible adoption unless the sending agency<\/span> shall comply with each and every requirement set forth in this article and with the applicable laws<\/span> of the receiving state<\/span> governing the placement of children therein. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> Prior to sending, bringing or causing any child<\/span> to be sent or brought into a receiving state<\/span> for placement in foster care or as a preliminary to a possible adoption, the sending agency<\/span> shall furnish the appropriate public authorities in the receiving state<\/span> written notice of the intention to send, bring, or place the child<\/span> in the receiving state<\/span>. The notice shall contain: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The name, date and place of birth of the child<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The identity and address or addresses of the parents or legal guardian. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The name and address of the person, agency or institution to or with which the sending agency<\/span> proposes to send, bring, or place the child<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> A full statement of the reasons for such proposed action and evidence<\/span> of the authority pursuant to which the placement is proposed to be made. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> Any public officer or agency in a receiving state<\/span> which is in receipt of a notice pursuant to paragraph (b) of this article may request of the sending agency<\/span>, or any other appropriate officer or agency of or in the sending agency<\/span>’s state, and shall be entitled to receive therefrom, such supporting or additional information as it may deem necessary under the circumstances to carry out the purpose and policy of this compact. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

d.<\/span> The child<\/span> shall not be sent, brought or caused to be sent or brought into the receiving state<\/span> until the appropriate public authorities in the receiving state<\/span> shall notify the sending agency<\/span>, in writing, to the effect that the proposed placement does not appear to be contrary to the interests of the child<\/span>.\n\t\t\tARTICLE IV. Penalty<\/span> for Illegal Placement.\n\t\t\tThe sending, bringing, or causing to be sent or brought into any receiving state<\/span> of a child<\/span> in violation of the terms of this compact shall constitute a violation of the laws<\/span> respecting the placement of children of both the state in which the sending agency<\/span> is located or from which it sends or brings the child<\/span> and of the receiving state<\/span>. Such violation may be punished or subjected to penalty<\/span> in either jurisdiction<\/span> in accordance with its laws<\/span>. In addition to liability for any such punishment or penalty<\/span>, any such violation shall constitute full and sufficient grounds for the suspension or revocation<\/span> of any license, permit, or other legal authorization held by the sending agency<\/span> which empowers or allows it to place, or care for children.\n\t\t\tARTICLE V. Retention of Jurisdiction<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> The sending agency<\/span> shall retain jurisdiction<\/span> over the child<\/span> sufficient to determine all matters in relation to the custody<\/span>, supervision, care, treatment and disposition<\/span> of the child<\/span> which it would have had if the child<\/span> had remained in the sending agency<\/span>’s state, until the child<\/span> is adopted, reaches majority, becomes self-supporting or is discharged with the concurrence of the appropriate authority in the receiving state<\/span>. Such jurisdiction<\/span> shall also include the power to effect or cause the return of the child<\/span> or its transfer to another location and custody<\/span> pursuant to law<\/span>. The sending agency<\/span> shall continue to have financial responsibility for support and maintenance of the child<\/span> during the period of the placement. Nothing contained herein shall defeat a claim of jurisdiction<\/span> by a receiving state<\/span> sufficient to deal with an act of delinquency or crime<\/span> committed therein. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> When the sending agency<\/span> is a public agency, it may enter into an agreement with an authorized public or private agency in the receiving state<\/span> providing for the performance of one or more services in respect of such cases by the latter as agent for the sending agency<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> Nothing in this compact shall be construed to prevent a private charitable agency authorized to place children in the receiving state<\/span> from performing services or acting as agent in that state for a private charitable agency of the sending state; nor to prevent the agency in the receiving state<\/span> from discharging financial responsibility for the support and maintenance of a child<\/span> who has been placed on behalf of the sending agency<\/span> without relieving the responsibility set forth in paragraph (a) hereof.\n\t\t\tARTICLE VI. Institutional Care of Delinquent Children.\n\t\t\tA child<\/span> adjudicated delinquent may be placed in an institution in another party<\/span> jurisdiction<\/span> pursuant to this compact but no such placement shall be made unless the child<\/span> is given a court<\/span> hearing<\/span> on notice to the parent or guardian with opportunity to be heard, prior to his being sent to such other party<\/span> jurisdiction<\/span> for institutional care and the court<\/span> finds that: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Equivalent facilities for the child<\/span> are not available in the sending agency<\/span>’s jurisdiction<\/span>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Institutional care in the other jurisdiction<\/span> is in the best interest of the child<\/span> and will not produce undue hardship.\n\t\t\t\tARTICLE VII. Compact Administrator.\n\t\t\t\tThe executive head of each jurisdiction<\/span> party<\/span> to this compact shall designate an officer who shall be general coordinator of activities under this compact in his jurisdiction<\/span> and who, acting jointly with like officers of other party<\/span> jurisdictions<\/span>, shall have the power to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms and provisions of this compact.\n\t\t\t\tARTICLE VIII. Limitations.\n\t\t\t\tThis compact shall not apply to: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> The sending or bringing of a child<\/span> into a receiving state<\/span> by his parent, step-parent, grandparent, adult brother or sister, adult uncle or aunt, or his guardian and leaving the child<\/span> with any such relative or nonagency guardian in the receiving state<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> Any placement, sending or bringing of a child<\/span> into a receiving state<\/span> pursuant to any other interstate compact to which both the state from which the child<\/span> is sent or brought and the receiving state<\/span> are party<\/span>, or to any other agreement between said states which has the force of law<\/span>.\n\t\t\tARTICLE IX. Enactment and Withdrawal.\n\t\t\tThis compact shall be open to joinder by any state, territory or possession<\/span> of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and, with the consent of Congress, the Government of Canada or any province thereof. It shall become effective with respect to any such jurisdiction<\/span> when such jurisdiction<\/span> has enacted the same into law<\/span>. Withdrawal from this compact shall be by the enactment of a statute<\/span> repealing the same, but shall not take effect until two years after the effective date of such statute<\/span> and until written notice of the withdrawal has been given by the withdrawing state to the Governor of each other party<\/span> jurisdiction<\/span>. Withdrawal of a party<\/span> state shall not affect the rights, duties and obligations under this compact of any sending agency<\/span> therein with respect to a placement made prior to the effective date of withdrawal.\n\t\t\tARTICLE X. Construction and Severability.\n\t\t\tThe provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any party<\/span> state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state party<\/span> thereto, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining states and in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINTERSTATE COMPACT ON THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN; FORM OF COMPACT (\u00a7 63.2-1000)\n\nThe Governor of Virginia is hereby authorized and requested to execute, on\nbehalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia, with any other state or states legally\njoining therein, a compact which shall be in form substantially as follows:\n\t\tThe contracting states solemnly agree that:\n\t\tARTICLE I. Purpose and Policy.\n\t\tIt is the purpose and policy of the party states to cooperate with each other\nin the interstate placement of children to the end that:\n\na. Each child requiring placement shall receive the maximum opportunity to be\nplaced in a suitable environment and with persons or institutions having\nappropriate qualifications and facilities to provide a necessary and desirable\ndegree and type of care.\n\nb. The appropriate authorities in a state where a child is to be placed may have\nfull opportunity to ascertain the circumstances of the proposed placement,\nthereby promoting full compliance with applicable requirements for the\nprotection of the child.\n\nc. The proper authorities of the state from which the placement is made may\nobtain the most complete information on the basis of which to evaluate a\nprojected placement before it is made.\n\nd. Appropriate jurisdictional arrangements for the care of children will be\npromoted.\n\t\t\tARTICLE II. Definitions.\n\t\t\tAs used in this compact:\n\na. “Child” means a person who, by reason of minority, is legally\nsubject to parental, guardianship or similar control.\n\nb. “Sending agency” means a party state, officer or employee\nthereof; a subdivision of a party state, or officer or employee thereof; a court\nof a party state; a person, corporation, association, charitable agency or other\nentity which sends, brings, or causes to be sent or brought any child to another\nparty state.\n\nc. “Receiving state” means the state to which a child is sent,\nbrought, or caused to be sent or brought, whether by public authorities or\nprivate persons or agencies, and whether for placement with state or local\npublic authorities or for placement with private agencies or persons.\n\nd. “Placement” means the arrangement for the care of a child in a\nfamily free or boarding home or in a child-caring agency or institution but does\nnot include any institution caring for individuals with mental illness,\nintellectual disability, or epilepsy or any institution primarily educational in\ncharacter, and any hospital or other medical facility.\n\t\t\tARTICLE III. Conditions for Placement.\n\na. No sending agency shall send, bring, or cause to be sent or brought into any\nother party state any child for placement in foster care or as a preliminary to\na possible adoption unless the sending agency shall comply with each and every\nrequirement set forth in this article and with the applicable laws of the\nreceiving state governing the placement of children therein.\n\nb. Prior to sending, bringing or causing any child to be sent or brought into a\nreceiving state for placement in foster care or as a preliminary to a possible\nadoption, the sending agency shall furnish the appropriate public authorities in\nthe receiving state written notice of the intention to send, bring, or place the\nchild in the receiving state. The notice shall contain:\n\n 1. The name, date and place of birth of the child.\n\n 2. The identity and address or addresses of the parents or legal guardian.\n\n 3. The name and address of the person, agency or institution to or with which\n the sending agency proposes to send, bring, or place the child.\n\n 4. A full statement of the reasons for such proposed action and evidence of\n the authority pursuant to which the placement is proposed to be made.\n\nc. Any public officer or agency in a receiving state which is in receipt of a\nnotice pursuant to paragraph (b) of this article may request of the sending\nagency, or any other appropriate officer or agency of or in the sending\nagency’s state, and shall be entitled to receive therefrom, such\nsupporting or additional information as it may deem necessary under the\ncircumstances to carry out the purpose and policy of this compact.\n\nd. The child shall not be sent, brought or caused to be sent or brought into the\nreceiving state until the appropriate public authorities in the receiving state\nshall notify the sending agency, in writing, to the effect that the proposed\nplacement does not appear to be contrary to the interests of the child.\n\t\t\tARTICLE IV. Penalty for Illegal Placement.\n\t\t\tThe sending, bringing, or causing to be sent or brought into any receiving\nstate of a child in violation of the terms of this compact shall constitute a\nviolation of the laws respecting the placement of children of both the state in\nwhich the sending agency is located or from which it sends or brings the child\nand of the receiving state. Such violation may be punished or subjected to\npenalty in either jurisdiction in accordance with its laws. In addition to\nliability for any such punishment or penalty, any such violation shall\nconstitute full and sufficient grounds for the suspension or revocation of any\nlicense, permit, or other legal authorization held by the sending agency which\nempowers or allows it to place, or care for children.\n\t\t\tARTICLE V. Retention of Jurisdiction.\n\na. The sending agency shall retain jurisdiction over the child sufficient to\ndetermine all matters in relation to the custody, supervision, care, treatment\nand disposition of the child which it would have had if the child had remained\nin the sending agency’s state, until the child is adopted, reaches\nmajority, becomes self-supporting or is discharged with the concurrence of the\nappropriate authority in the receiving state. Such jurisdiction shall also\ninclude the power to effect or cause the return of the child or its transfer to\nanother location and custody pursuant to law. The sending agency shall continue\nto have financial responsibility for support and maintenance of the child during\nthe period of the placement. Nothing contained herein shall defeat a claim of\njurisdiction by a receiving state sufficient to deal with an act of delinquency\nor crime committed therein.\n\nb. When the sending agency is a public agency, it may enter into an agreement\nwith an authorized public or private agency in the receiving state providing for\nthe performance of one or more services in respect of such cases by the latter\nas agent for the sending agency.\n\nc. Nothing in this compact shall be construed to prevent a private charitable\nagency authorized to place children in the receiving state from performing\nservices or acting as agent in that state for a private charitable agency of the\nsending state; nor to prevent the agency in the receiving state from discharging\nfinancial responsibility for the support and maintenance of a child who has been\nplaced on behalf of the sending agency without relieving the responsibility set\nforth in paragraph (a) hereof.\n\t\t\tARTICLE VI. Institutional Care of Delinquent Children.\n\t\t\tA child adjudicated delinquent may be placed in an institution in another\nparty jurisdiction pursuant to this compact but no such placement shall be made\nunless the child is given a court hearing on notice to the parent or guardian\nwith opportunity to be heard, prior to his being sent to such other party\njurisdiction for institutional care and the court finds that:\n\n 1. Equivalent facilities for the child are not available in the sending\n agency’s jurisdiction; and\n\n 2. Institutional care in the other jurisdiction is in the best interest of the\n child and will not produce undue hardship.\n \t\t\t\tARTICLE VII. Compact Administrator.\n \t\t\t\tThe executive head of each jurisdiction party to this compact shall\n designate an officer who shall be general coordinator of activities under this\n compact in his jurisdiction and who, acting jointly with like officers of\n other party jurisdictions, shall have the power to promulgate rules and\n regulations to carry out more effectively the terms and provisions of this\n compact.\n \t\t\t\tARTICLE VIII. Limitations.\n \t\t\t\tThis compact shall not apply to:\n\na. The sending or bringing of a child into a receiving state by his parent,\nstep-parent, grandparent, adult brother or sister, adult uncle or aunt, or his\nguardian and leaving the child with any such relative or nonagency guardian in\nthe receiving state.\n\nb. Any placement, sending or bringing of a child into a receiving state pursuant\nto any other interstate compact to which both the state from which the child is\nsent or brought and the receiving state are party, or to any other agreement\nbetween said states which has the force of law.\n\t\t\tARTICLE IX. Enactment and Withdrawal.\n\t\t\tThis compact shall be open to joinder by any state, territory or possession\nof the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,\nand, with the consent of Congress, the Government of Canada or any province\nthereof. It shall become effective with respect to any such jurisdiction when\nsuch jurisdiction has enacted the same into law. Withdrawal from this compact\nshall be by the enactment of a statute repealing the same, but shall not take\neffect until two years after the effective date of such statute and until\nwritten notice of the withdrawal has been given by the withdrawing state to the\nGovernor of each other party jurisdiction. Withdrawal of a party state shall not\naffect the rights, duties and obligations under this compact of any sending\nagency therein with respect to a placement made prior to the effective date of\nwithdrawal.\n\t\t\tARTICLE X. Construction and Severability.\n\t\t\tThe provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate the\npurposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any\nphrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary\nto the constitution of any party state or of the United States or the\napplicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance is held\ninvalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability\nthereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected\nthereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state\nparty thereto, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the\nremaining states and in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all\nseverable matters.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 406, \u00a7 63.1-219.2; 2002, c. 747; 2012, cc. 476, 507.","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}}