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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83558</law_id><section_number>2.2-4807</section_number><catch_line>Debtor information and skip-tracing</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="2.2">Administration of Government</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Administration of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="B">Transaction of Public Business</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="48">Virginia Debt Collection Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Each agency and institution shall collect minimum prescribed information from clients, debtors, and payees. Debtor information available from state agencies, credit reporting bureaus and other appropriate sources shall be used for the purpose of skip-tracing debtors, as specified in the guidelines of the Department of Accounts and the <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span>. The minimum prescribed information to be collected shall include the federal employer identification number of partnerships, proprietorships, and corporate clients, debtors, and payees. This minimum prescribed information shall be included in the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> payment clause required by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Payment clauses to be included in contracts" href="/2.2-4354/">2.2-4354</a>. The Department of Accounts may require that the minimum prescribed information be supplied on any request for payment, including invoices.</p></section></text><history>1988, c. 544, &#xA7; 2.1-734; 1992, c. 110; 2001, c. 844.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
