{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/63.2-1253.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/63.2-1253.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/63.2-1253.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/63.2-1253.html"}],"law_id":80618,"edition_id":1,"section_id":80618,"structure_id":14584,"section_number":"63.2-1253","catch_line":"Duty to publicize registry","history":"2006, c. 825; 2017, c. 200.","full_text":"A\n\nThe Department shall produce and distribute a pamphlet or other publication informing the public about the Virginia Birth Father Registry including (i) the procedures for voluntary acknowledgement of paternity, (ii) the consequences of acknowledgement and failure to acknowledge paternity pursuant to § 20-49.1, (iii) a description of the Virginia Birth Father Registry including to whom and under what circumstances it applies, (iv) the time limits and responsibilities for filing, (v) paternal rights and associated responsibilities, and (vi) other appropriate provisions of this article.B\n\nSuch pamphlet or publication shall include a detachable form that meets the requirements of subsection H of § 63.2-1250, is suitable for United States mail, and is addressed to the Virginia Birth Father Registry. Such pamphlet or publication shall be made available for distribution at all offices of the Department of Health and all local departments of social services. The Department shall also provide such pamphlets or publications to hospitals, libraries, medical clinics, schools, baccalaureate institutions of higher education, and other providers of child-related services upon request.C\n\nThe Department shall provide information to the public at large by way of general public service announcements, or other ways to deliver information to the public about the Virginia Birth Father Registry and its services.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":288956,"text":"The Department shall produce and distribute a pamphlet or other publication informing the public about the Virginia Birth Father Registry including (i) the procedures for voluntary acknowledgement of paternity, (ii) the consequences of acknowledgement and failure to acknowledge paternity pursuant to § 20-49.1, (iii) a description of the Virginia Birth Father Registry including to whom and under what circumstances it applies, (iv) the time limits and responsibilities for filing, (v) paternal rights and associated responsibilities, and (vi) other appropriate provisions of this article.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":288957,"text":"Such pamphlet or publication shall include a detachable form that meets the requirements of subsection H of § 63.2-1250, is suitable for United States mail, and is addressed to the Virginia Birth Father Registry. 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This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 825<\/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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2017, chapter 200<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":79167,"section_number":"20-49.1","catch_line":"How parent and child relationship established","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-49.1\/"},{"id":56081,"section_number":"63.2-1250","catch_line":"Registration; notice; form","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1250\/"}],"permalink":{"id":271649,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80618,"identifier":"63.2-1253","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/7\/63.2-1253","url":"\/63.2-1253\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1253\/","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/7\/63.2-1253","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duty to publicize registry","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1253","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall produce and distribute a pamphlet or other publication informing the public about the Virginia Birth Father Registry including (i) the procedures for voluntary acknowledgement of paternity, (ii) the consequences of acknowledgement and failure to acknowledge paternity pursuant to § 20-49.1<\/a>, (iii) a description of the Virginia Birth Father Registry including to whom and under what circumstances it applies, (iv) the time limits and responsibilities for filing, (v) paternal rights and associated responsibilities, and (vi) other appropriate provisions of this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Such pamphlet or publication shall include a detachable form that meets the requirements of subsection H of § 63.2-1250<\/a>, is suitable for United States mail, and is addressed to the Virginia Birth Father Registry. Such pamphlet or publication shall be made available for distribution at all offices of the Department<\/span> of Health and all local departments<\/span> of social services<\/span>. The Department<\/span> shall also provide such pamphlets or publications to hospitals, libraries, medical clinics, schools, baccalaureate institutions of higher education, and other providers of child<\/span>-related services upon request. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall provide information to the public at large by way of general public service announcements, or other ways to deliver information to the public about the Virginia Birth Father Registry and its services. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDUTY TO PUBLICIZE REGISTRY (\u00a7 63.2-1253)\n\nA. The Department shall produce and distribute a pamphlet or other publication\ninforming the public about the Virginia Birth Father Registry including (i) the\nprocedures for voluntary acknowledgement of paternity, (ii) the consequences of\nacknowledgement and failure to acknowledge paternity pursuant to § 20-49.1,\n(iii) a description of the Virginia Birth Father Registry including to whom and\nunder what circumstances it applies, (iv) the time limits and responsibilities\nfor filing, (v) paternal rights and associated responsibilities, and (vi) other\nappropriate provisions of this article.\n\nB. Such pamphlet or publication shall include a detachable form that meets the\nrequirements of subsection H of § 63.2-1250, is suitable for United States\nmail, and is addressed to the Virginia Birth Father Registry. Such pamphlet or\npublication shall be made available for distribution at all offices of the\nDepartment of Health and all local departments of social services. The\nDepartment shall also provide such pamphlets or publications to hospitals,\nlibraries, medical clinics, schools, baccalaureate institutions of higher\neducation, and other providers of child-related services upon request.\n\nC. The Department shall provide information to the public at large by way of\ngeneral public service announcements, or other ways to deliver information to\nthe public about the Virginia Birth Father Registry and its services.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, c. 825; 2017, c. 200.","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}}