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The recipient shall also be deemed, without the necessity of signing any document, to have appointed the Commissioner as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to act in his or her name, place, and stead to perform the specific act of endorsing any and all drafts, checks, money orders or other negotiable instruments representing support payments which are received on behalf of such child or children or custodial parent as reimbursement for the public assistance moneys previously paid to such recipient.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":308112,"text":"By accepting public assistance for or on behalf of a child or children, the recipient shall be deemed to have made an assignment to the Department of any and all right, title, and interest in any support obligation and arrearages owed to or for such child or children or custodial parent up to the amount of public assistance money paid for or on behalf of such child or children or custodial parent for such term of time as such public assistance moneys are paid; provided, however, that the Department may thereafter continue to collect any outstanding support obligation or arrearage owed to the Department as a result of such assignment up to the amount of public assistance money paid for or on behalf of such child or children or custodial parent which has not been paid by the noncustodial parent. The recipient shall also be deemed, without the necessity of signing any document, to have appointed the Commissioner as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to act in his or her name, place, and stead to perform the specific act of endorsing any and all drafts, checks, money orders or other negotiable instruments representing support payments which are received on behalf of such child or children or custodial parent as reimbursement for the public assistance moneys previously paid to such recipient.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":16151,"edition_id":1,"name":"Public Assistance","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12835,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 04:07:31","date_modified":"2026-06-26 04:07:31","permalink":{"id":272515,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":16151,"identifier":"2","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/2","url":"\/63.2\/V\/19\/2\/","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":72515,"structure_id":16151,"section_number":"63.2-1908","catch_line":"Payment of public assistance for child or custodial parent constitutes debt to Department by noncustodial parents; limitations; Department subrogated to rights","url":"\/63.2-1908\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/2\/63.2-1908","metadata":false},{"id":64711,"structure_id":16151,"section_number":"63.2-1908.1","catch_line":"Arrears compromise program","url":"\/63.2-1908.1\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/2\/63.2-1908.1","metadata":false},{"id":86035,"structure_id":16151,"section_number":"63.2-1909","catch_line":"Receipt of public assistance for child as assignment of right in support obligation; Commissioner as attorney for endorsing drafts","url":"\/63.2-1909\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/2\/63.2-1909","metadata":false},{"id":85197,"structure_id":16151,"section_number":"63.2-1910","catch_line":"Payment of foster care expenditures for child constitutes debt to local department by noncustodial parents; limitations; local department subrogated to rights","url":"\/63.2-1910\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/2\/63.2-1910","metadata":false},{"id":82204,"structure_id":16151,"section_number":"63.2-1911","catch_line":"Duty of local departments to enforce support; referral to Department","url":"\/63.2-1911\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/2\/63.2-1911","metadata":false},{"id":64165,"structure_id":16151,"section_number":"63.2-1912","catch_line":"Minor noncustodial parents whose child receives TANF; child support obligations","url":"\/63.2-1912\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/2\/63.2-1912","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":64711,"structure_id":16151,"section_number":"63.2-1908.1","catch_line":"Arrears compromise program","url":"\/63.2-1908.1\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/2\/63.2-1908.1","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":85197,"structure_id":16151,"section_number":"63.2-1910","catch_line":"Payment of foster care expenditures for child constitutes debt to local department by noncustodial parents; limitations; local department subrogated to rights","url":"\/63.2-1910\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/2\/63.2-1910","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/63.2-1909\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 413 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 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1976, chapters 357 and 549; in 1977, chapter 662; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":272525,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86035,"identifier":"63.2-1909","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/2\/63.2-1909","url":"\/63.2-1909\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1909\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/2\/63.2-1909","dublin_core":{"Title":"Receipt of public assistance for child as assignment of right in support obligation; Commissioner as attorney for endorsing drafts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1909","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

By accepting public assistance<\/span> for or on behalf of a child<\/span> or children, the recipient shall be deemed to have made an assignment to the Department<\/span> of any and all right, title, and interest in any support obligation and arrearages owed to or for such child<\/span> or children or custodial parent<\/span> up to the amount of public assistance<\/span> money paid for or on behalf of such child<\/span> or children or custodial parent<\/span> for such term of time as such public assistance<\/span> moneys are paid; provided, however, that the Department<\/span> may thereafter continue to collect any outstanding support obligation or arrearage owed to the Department<\/span> as a result of such assignment up to the amount of public assistance<\/span> money paid for or on behalf of such child<\/span> or children or custodial parent<\/span> which has not been paid by the noncustodial parent<\/span>. The recipient shall also be deemed, without the necessity of signing any document, to have appointed the Commissioner<\/span> as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact<\/span><\/span> to act in his or her name, place, and stead to perform the specific act of endorsing any and all drafts, checks, money orders<\/span> or other negotiable instruments representing support payments which are received on behalf of such child<\/span> or children or custodial parent<\/span> as reimbursement for the public assistance<\/span> moneys previously paid to such recipient.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECEIPT OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FOR CHILD AS ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHT IN SUPPORT\nOBLIGATION; COMMISSIONER AS ATTORNEY FOR ENDORSING DRAFTS (\u00a7 63.2-1909)\n\nBy accepting public assistance for or on behalf of a child or children, the\nrecipient shall be deemed to have made an assignment to the Department of any\nand all right, title, and interest in any support obligation and arrearages owed\nto or for such child or children or custodial parent up to the amount of public\nassistance money paid for or on behalf of such child or children or custodial\nparent for such term of time as such public assistance moneys are paid;\nprovided, however, that the Department may thereafter continue to collect any\noutstanding support obligation or arrearage owed to the Department as a result\nof such assignment up to the amount of public assistance money paid for or on\nbehalf of such child or children or custodial parent which has not been paid by\nthe noncustodial parent. The recipient shall also be deemed, without the\nnecessity of signing any document, to have appointed the Commissioner as his or\nher true and lawful attorney-in-fact to act in his or her name, place, and stead\nto perform the specific act of endorsing any and all drafts, checks, money\norders or other negotiable instruments representing support payments which are\nreceived on behalf of such child or children or custodial parent as\nreimbursement for the public assistance moneys previously paid to such\nrecipient.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 413, \u00a7 63.1-273; 1976, cc. 357, 549; 1977, c. 662; 2002, c.\n747.","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}}