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Such interest shall accrue, at the legal rate as established by \u00a7 6.2-301, on all support payments collected by the Department and paid to the payee more than thirty days following the end of the month in which the payment was received by the Department in nonpublic assistance cases. Interest shall be charged to the Department on such payments if the Department has an established case and if the obligor or payor provides identifying information including the Department case number or the noncustodial parent’s name and correct social security number.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":203389,"text":"The Department shall pay interest to the payee as provided in this section on certain spousal or child support payments it collects which have been ordered by a court or established by administrative order to be paid to or through the Department to the payee and for which the Department has an assignment of rights or has been given an authorization to seek or enforce a support obligation as those terms are defined in \u00a7\u00a7 63.2-100 and 63.2-1900. 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This law was first created in 1987. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 609 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 1987 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":62070,"section_number":"6.2-301","catch_line":"Legal rate of interest; when legal rate implied","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-301\/"},{"id":72379,"section_number":"63.2-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-100\/"},{"id":54048,"section_number":"63.2-1900","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1900\/"}],"permalink":{"id":272471,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55490,"identifier":"63.2-1951","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/10\/63.2-1951","url":"\/63.2-1951\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1951\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/10\/63.2-1951","dublin_core":{"Title":"Interest on support payments collected","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1951","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> shall pay interest to the payee<\/span> as provided in this section on certain spousal or child<\/span> support payments it collects which have been ordered by a court<\/span> or established by administrative order<\/span> to be paid to or through the Department<\/span> to the payee<\/span> and for which the Department<\/span> has an assignment of rights<\/span> or has been given an authorization to seek or enforce a support obligation<\/span> as those terms are defined in \u00a7\u00a7 63.2-100<\/a> and 63.2-1900<\/a>. Such interest shall accrue, at the legal rate as established by \u00a7 6.2-301<\/a>, on all support payments collected by the Department<\/span> and paid to the payee<\/span> more than thirty days following the end of the month in which the payment was received by the Department<\/span> in nonpublic assistance cases. Interest shall be charged to the Department<\/span> on such payments if the Department<\/span> has an established case and if the obligor<\/span> or payor provides identifying information including the Department<\/span> case number or the noncustodial parent<\/span>’s name and correct social security number.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINTEREST ON SUPPORT PAYMENTS COLLECTED (\u00a7 63.2-1951)\n\nThe Department shall pay interest to the payee as provided in this section on\ncertain spousal or child support payments it collects which have been ordered by\na court or established by administrative order to be paid to or through the\nDepartment to the payee and for which the Department has an assignment of rights\nor has been given an authorization to seek or enforce a support obligation as\nthose terms are defined in \u00a7\u00a7 63.2-100 and 63.2-1900. Such interest shall\naccrue, at the legal rate as established by \u00a7 6.2-301, on all support payments\ncollected by the Department and paid to the payee more than thirty days\nfollowing the end of the month in which the payment was received by the\nDepartment in nonpublic assistance cases. Interest shall be charged to the\nDepartment on such payments if the Department has an established case and if the\nobligor or payor provides identifying information including the Department case\nnumber or the noncustodial parent’s name and correct social security\nnumber.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 609, \u00a7 63.1-250.1:1; 2002, c. 747.","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}}