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The central unit shall have the statewide jurisdiction and authority to:\n\n1\n\nEstablish a registry for the receipt of information;2\n\nAnswer interstate inquiries concerning noncustodial parents;3\n\nCoordinate and supervise departmental activities in relation to noncustodial parents to ensure effective cooperation with law-enforcement agencies; and4\n\nContract and enter into cooperative agreements with individuals and agencies including law-enforcement agencies, in order that they may assist the Department in its responsibilities.\n\t\t\tThe central unit within the Department shall supervise offices whose primary functions are:\n\t\t\ta. Location of absent noncustodial parents;\n\t\t\tb. Assessment of the ability of parents to pay child or child and spousal support and to obtain health care coverage or cash medical support, or both, for dependent children;\n\t\t\tc. Establishment, modification and enforcement of support obligations including health care coverage for dependent children, through administrative action;\n\t\t\td. Preparation of individual cases for court action existing under all laws of the Commonwealth;\n\t\t\te. Ensuring on a consistent basis that support continues in all cases in which support is assessed administratively or ordered by the court; and\n\t\t\tf. Provision of its services in establishing paternity and establishing and enforcing support obligations equally to public-assisted and nonpublic-assisted families.\n\t\t\tTo effectuate the purposes of this section, the Commissioner may request and shall receive from the records of state, county and local agencies within and without the Commonwealth, including but not limited to such agencies and entities responsible for vital records; tax and revenue; real and titled personal property; authorizations to engage in a business, trade, profession or occupation; employment security; motor vehicle licensing and registration; public assistance programs and corrections, all information and assistance as authorized by this chapter. The Commissioner may request from state and local criminal justice agencies within the Commonwealth assistance in locating and serving individuals who owe child support and have an outstanding civil show cause summons or capias pursuant to § 16.1-278.16. Solely for the purposes of obtaining motor vehicle licensing and registration information from entities within and without the Commonwealth, the Division of Child Support Enforcement shall be deemed to be a criminal justice agency.\n\t\t\tWith respect to individuals who owe child support or are alleged in a pending paternity proceeding to be a putative father, the Commissioner may request and shall receive the names and addresses of such individuals and the names and addresses of such individuals’ employers as appearing in the customer records of public service corporations and companies as defined in § 56-1, cable television companies and financial institutions. All state, county and city departments, boards, bureaus or other entities or agencies, officers and employees shall cooperate in the location of noncustodial parents who have abandoned or deserted, or are failing to support, children and their custodial parents and shall on request supply the Department with all information on hand relative to the location, income, benefits and property of such noncustodial parents, notwithstanding any provision of law making such information confidential. These entities are authorized to provide such information as is necessary for this purpose. Only information directly bearing on the identity and whereabouts of a person owing or asserted to be owing an obligation of support shall be requested and used or transmitted by the Commissioner. The Commissioner may make such information available only to public officials, agencies and political subdivisions of this Commonwealth, and other states seeking to locate parents who have deserted their children and other persons liable for support of dependents for the purpose of enforcing their liability for support. A civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 may be assessed by the Commissioner for a failure to respond to a request for information made in accordance with this section.\n\t\t\tAny public or private person, partnership, firm, corporation or association, any financial institution and any political subdivision, department or other entity of the Commonwealth who in good faith and in the absence of gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of an ethical duty, provide information requested pursuant to this section shall be immune from liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise result from the release of such information to the Department.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":221382,"text":"The Department is authorized and directed to establish a central unit within the Department to administer the Title IV D State Plan according to 45 C.F.R. 302.12. 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Location of absent noncustodial parents;\n\t\t\tb. Assessment of the ability of parents to pay child or child and spousal support and to obtain health care coverage or cash medical support, or both, for dependent children;\n\t\t\tc. Establishment, modification and enforcement of support obligations including health care coverage for dependent children, through administrative action;\n\t\t\td. Preparation of individual cases for court action existing under all laws of the Commonwealth;\n\t\t\te. Ensuring on a consistent basis that support continues in all cases in which support is assessed administratively or ordered by the court; and\n\t\t\tf. Provision of its services in establishing paternity and establishing and enforcing support obligations equally to public-assisted and nonpublic-assisted families.\n\t\t\tTo effectuate the purposes of this section, the Commissioner may request and shall receive from the records of state, county and local agencies within and without the Commonwealth, including but not limited to such agencies and entities responsible for vital records; tax and revenue; real and titled personal property; authorizations to engage in a business, trade, profession or occupation; employment security; motor vehicle licensing and registration; public assistance programs and corrections, all information and assistance as authorized by this chapter. The Commissioner may request from state and local criminal justice agencies within the Commonwealth assistance in locating and serving individuals who owe child support and have an outstanding civil show cause summons or capias pursuant to § 16.1-278.16. Solely for the purposes of obtaining motor vehicle licensing and registration information from entities within and without the Commonwealth, the Division of Child Support Enforcement shall be deemed to be a criminal justice agency.\n\t\t\tWith respect to individuals who owe child support or are alleged in a pending paternity proceeding to be a putative father, the Commissioner may request and shall receive the names and addresses of such individuals and the names and addresses of such individuals’ employers as appearing in the customer records of public service corporations and companies as defined in § 56-1, cable television companies and financial institutions. All state, county and city departments, boards, bureaus or other entities or agencies, officers and employees shall cooperate in the location of noncustodial parents who have abandoned or deserted, or are failing to support, children and their custodial parents and shall on request supply the Department with all information on hand relative to the location, income, benefits and property of such noncustodial parents, notwithstanding any provision of law making such information confidential. These entities are authorized to provide such information as is necessary for this purpose. Only information directly bearing on the identity and whereabouts of a person owing or asserted to be owing an obligation of support shall be requested and used or transmitted by the Commissioner. The Commissioner may make such information available only to public officials, agencies and political subdivisions of this Commonwealth, and other states seeking to locate parents who have deserted their children and other persons liable for support of dependents for the purpose of enforcing their liability for support. A civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 may be assessed by the Commissioner for a failure to respond to a request for information made in accordance with this section.\n\t\t\tAny public or private person, partnership, firm, corporation or association, any financial institution and any political subdivision, department or other entity of the Commonwealth who in good faith and in the absence of gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of an ethical duty, provide information requested pursuant to this section shall be immune from liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise result from the release of such information to the Department.","type":"section","prefixes":["4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"4","prefix_anchor":"4","level":1,"prior_prefix":"3"}},"ancestry":[{"id":12953,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Provisions","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12835,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:04","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:04","permalink":{"id":272435,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12953,"identifier":"1","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/1","url":"\/63.2\/V\/19\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12835,"edition_id":1,"name":"Child Support Enforcement","identifier":"19","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12834,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","permalink":{"id":272433,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12835,"identifier":"19","token":"63.2\/V\/19","url":"\/63.2\/V\/19\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12834,"edition_id":1,"name":"Administrative Child Support","identifier":"V","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12789,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","permalink":{"id":272431,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12834,"identifier":"V","token":"63.2\/V","url":"\/63.2\/V\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12789,"edition_id":1,"name":"Welfare (Social Services)","identifier":"63.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":270661,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12789,"identifier":"63.2","token":"63.2","url":"\/63.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":54048,"structure_id":12953,"section_number":"63.2-1900","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/63.2-1900\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/1\/63.2-1900","metadata":false},{"id":75830,"structure_id":12953,"section_number":"63.2-1901","catch_line":"Purpose of chapter; powers and duties of the Department","url":"\/63.2-1901\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/1\/63.2-1901","metadata":false},{"id":60563,"structure_id":12953,"section_number":"63.2-1902","catch_line":"Central unit for information and administration; request and receipt of information from other entities and agencies; disclosure of such information","url":"\/63.2-1902\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/1\/63.2-1902","metadata":false},{"id":59512,"structure_id":12953,"section_number":"63.2-1903","catch_line":"Authority to issue certain orders; civil penalty","url":"\/63.2-1903\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/1\/63.2-1903","metadata":false},{"id":55360,"structure_id":12953,"section_number":"63.2-1904","catch_line":"Administrative support remedies available for individuals not receiving public assistance; fees","url":"\/63.2-1904\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/1\/63.2-1904","metadata":false},{"id":66816,"structure_id":12953,"section_number":"63.2-1905","catch_line":"Establishment of State Case Registry","url":"\/63.2-1905\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/1\/63.2-1905","metadata":false},{"id":87428,"structure_id":12953,"section_number":"63.2-1906","catch_line":"Department may disclose information to Internal Revenue Services","url":"\/63.2-1906\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/1\/63.2-1906","metadata":false},{"id":71535,"structure_id":12953,"section_number":"63.2-1907","catch_line":"Child support enforcement; private contracts","url":"\/63.2-1907\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/1\/63.2-1907","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":75830,"structure_id":12953,"section_number":"63.2-1901","catch_line":"Purpose of chapter; powers and duties of the Department","url":"\/63.2-1901\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/1\/63.2-1901","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":59512,"structure_id":12953,"section_number":"63.2-1903","catch_line":"Authority to issue certain orders; civil penalty","url":"\/63.2-1903\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/1\/63.2-1903","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/63.2-1902\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 906 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 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 8 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 1990, chapter 836; in 1991, chapters 545 and 588; in 1994, chapter 665<\/a>; in 1997, chapters 796<\/a> and 895<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 573<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>; in 2003, chapters 467<\/a>, 929<\/a>, and 942<\/a>; in 2009, chapter 713<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":68267,"section_number":"63.2-103","catch_line":"Confidential records and information concerning child support enforcement","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-103\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":61778,"section_number":"16.1-278.16","catch_line":"Failure to comply with support obligation; payroll deduction; commitment","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-278.16\/"},{"id":64250,"section_number":"56-1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":272445,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60563,"identifier":"63.2-1902","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/1\/63.2-1902","url":"\/63.2-1902\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1902\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/1\/63.2-1902","dublin_core":{"Title":"Central unit for information and administration; request and receipt of information from other entities and agencies; disclosure of such information","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1902","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> is authorized and directed to establish a central unit within the Department<\/span> to administer the Title IV D State Plan according to 45 C.F.R. 302.12. The central unit shall have the statewide jurisdiction<\/span> and authority to:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Establish a registry for the receipt of information; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Answer interstate inquiries concerning noncustodial parents<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Coordinate and supervise departmental activities in relation to noncustodial parents<\/span> to ensure effective cooperation with law<\/span>-enforcement agencies; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Contract<\/span> and enter into cooperative agreements with individuals and agencies including law<\/span>-enforcement agencies, in order<\/span> that they may assist the Department<\/span> in its responsibilities.\n\t\t\tThe central unit within the Department<\/span> shall supervise offices whose primary functions are:\n\t\t\ta. Location of absent noncustodial parents<\/span>;\n\t\t\tb. Assessment of the ability of parents to pay child<\/span> or child<\/span> and spousal support and to obtain health care coverage<\/span> or cash medical support<\/span>, or both, for dependent children;\n\t\t\tc. Establishment, modification and enforcement of support obligations including health care coverage<\/span> for dependent children, through administrative action;\n\t\t\td. Preparation of individual cases for court<\/span> action existing under all laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth;\n\t\t\te. Ensuring on a consistent basis that support continues in all cases in which support is assessed administratively or ordered by the court<\/span>; and\n\t\t\tf. Provision of its services in establishing paternity and establishing and enforcing support obligations equally to public-assisted and nonpublic-assisted families.\n\t\t\tTo effectuate the purposes of this section, the Commissioner<\/span> may request and shall receive from the records of state, county and local agencies within and without the Commonwealth, including but not limited to such agencies and entities responsible for vital records; tax and revenue; real and titled personal property; authorizations to engage in a business, trade, profession or occupation; employment<\/span> security; motor vehicle licensing and registration; public assistance<\/span> programs and corrections, all information and assistance as authorized by this chapter. The Commissioner<\/span> may request from state and local criminal justice agencies within the Commonwealth assistance in locating and serving individuals who owe child<\/span> support and have an outstanding civil show cause summons<\/span> or capias<\/span> pursuant to § 16.1-278.16<\/a>. Solely for the purposes of obtaining motor vehicle licensing and registration information from entities within and without the Commonwealth, the Division of Child<\/span> Support Enforcement shall be deemed to be a criminal justice agency.\n\t\t\tWith respect to individuals who owe child<\/span> support or are alleged in a pending paternity proceeding to be a putative father, the Commissioner<\/span> may request and shall receive the names and addresses of such individuals and the names and addresses of such individuals’ employers<\/span> as appearing in the customer records of public service corporations and companies as defined in § 56-1<\/a>, cable television companies and financial institutions<\/span>. All state, county and city departments<\/span>, boards<\/span>, bureaus or other entities or agencies, officers and employees<\/span> shall cooperate in the location of noncustodial parents<\/span> who have abandoned or deserted, or are failing to support, children and their custodial parents<\/span> and shall on request supply the Department<\/span> with all information on hand relative to the location, income<\/span>, benefits and property of such noncustodial parents<\/span>, notwithstanding any provision of law<\/span> making such information confidential. These entities are authorized to provide such information as is necessary for this purpose. Only information directly bearing on the identity and whereabouts of a person owing or asserted to be owing an obligation of support shall be requested and used or transmitted by the Commissioner<\/span>. The Commissioner<\/span> may make such information available only to public officials, agencies and political subdivisions of this Commonwealth, and other states seeking to locate parents who have deserted their children and other persons liable for support of dependents for the purpose of enforcing their liability for support. A civil penalty<\/span> not to exceed $1,000 may be assessed by the Commissioner<\/span> for a failure to respond to a request for information made in accordance with this section.\n\t\t\tAny public or private person, partnership, firm, corporation or association, any financial institution<\/span> and any political subdivision, department<\/span> or other entity of the Commonwealth who in good faith and in the absence of gross negligence<\/span>, willful misconduct or breach of an ethical duty, provide information requested pursuant to this section shall be immune from liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise result from the release of such information to the Department<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCENTRAL UNIT FOR INFORMATION AND ADMINISTRATION; REQUEST AND RECEIPT OF\nINFORMATION FROM OTHER ENTITIES AND AGENCIES; DISCLOSURE OF SUCH INFORMATION (\u00a7\n63.2-1902)\n\nThe Department is authorized and directed to establish a central unit within the\nDepartment to administer the Title IV D State Plan according to 45 C.F.R.\n302.12. The central unit shall have the statewide jurisdiction and authority to:\n\n1. Establish a registry for the receipt of information;\n\n2. Answer interstate inquiries concerning noncustodial parents;\n\n3. Coordinate and supervise departmental activities in relation to noncustodial\nparents to ensure effective cooperation with law-enforcement agencies; and\n\n4. Contract and enter into cooperative agreements with individuals and agencies\nincluding law-enforcement agencies, in order that they may assist the Department\nin its responsibilities.\n\t\t\tThe central unit within the Department shall supervise offices whose primary\nfunctions are:\n\t\t\ta. Location of absent noncustodial parents;\n\t\t\tb. Assessment of the ability of parents to pay child or child and spousal\nsupport and to obtain health care coverage or cash medical support, or both, for\ndependent children;\n\t\t\tc. Establishment, modification and enforcement of support obligations\nincluding health care coverage for dependent children, through administrative\naction;\n\t\t\td. Preparation of individual cases for court action existing under all laws\nof the Commonwealth;\n\t\t\te. Ensuring on a consistent basis that support continues in all cases in\nwhich support is assessed administratively or ordered by the court; and\n\t\t\tf. Provision of its services in establishing paternity and establishing and\nenforcing support obligations equally to public-assisted and nonpublic-assisted\nfamilies.\n\t\t\tTo effectuate the purposes of this section, the Commissioner may request and\nshall receive from the records of state, county and local agencies within and\nwithout the Commonwealth, including but not limited to such agencies and\nentities responsible for vital records; tax and revenue; real and titled\npersonal property; authorizations to engage in a business, trade, profession or\noccupation; employment security; motor vehicle licensing and registration;\npublic assistance programs and corrections, all information and assistance as\nauthorized by this chapter. The Commissioner may request from state and local\ncriminal justice agencies within the Commonwealth assistance in locating and\nserving individuals who owe child support and have an outstanding civil show\ncause summons or capias pursuant to § 16.1-278.16. Solely for the purposes\nof obtaining motor vehicle licensing and registration information from entities\nwithin and without the Commonwealth, the Division of Child Support Enforcement\nshall be deemed to be a criminal justice agency.\n\t\t\tWith respect to individuals who owe child support or are alleged in a pending\npaternity proceeding to be a putative father, the Commissioner may request and\nshall receive the names and addresses of such individuals and the names and\naddresses of such individuals’ employers as appearing in the customer\nrecords of public service corporations and companies as defined in § 56-1,\ncable television companies and financial institutions. All state, county and\ncity departments, boards, bureaus or other entities or agencies, officers and\nemployees shall cooperate in the location of noncustodial parents who have\nabandoned or deserted, or are failing to support, children and their custodial\nparents and shall on request supply the Department with all information on hand\nrelative to the location, income, benefits and property of such noncustodial\nparents, notwithstanding any provision of law making such information\nconfidential. These entities are authorized to provide such information as is\nnecessary for this purpose. Only information directly bearing on the identity\nand whereabouts of a person owing or asserted to be owing an obligation of\nsupport shall be requested and used or transmitted by the Commissioner. The\nCommissioner may make such information available only to public officials,\nagencies and political subdivisions of this Commonwealth, and other states\nseeking to locate parents who have deserted their children and other persons\nliable for support of dependents for the purpose of enforcing their liability\nfor support. A civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 may be assessed by the\nCommissioner for a failure to respond to a request for information made in\naccordance with this section.\n\t\t\tAny public or private person, partnership, firm, corporation or association,\nany financial institution and any political subdivision, department or other\nentity of the Commonwealth who in good faith and in the absence of gross\nnegligence, willful misconduct or breach of an ethical duty, provide information\nrequested pursuant to this section shall be immune from liability, civil or\ncriminal, that might otherwise result from the release of such information to\nthe Department.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 906, \u00a7 63.1-274.6; 1990, c. 836; 1991, cc. 545, 588; 1994, c.\n665; 1997, cc. 796, 895; 2001, c. 573; 2002, c. 747; 2003, cc. 467, 929, 942;\n2009, c. 713.","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}}