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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72171</law_id><section_number>63.2-1249</section_number><catch_line>Establishment of Registry</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-277.01</reference><reference>63.2-1201</reference><reference>63.2-1202</reference><reference>63.2-1222</reference><reference>63.2-1224</reference><reference>63.2-1233</reference><reference>63.2-900</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="63.2">Welfare (Social Services)</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Social Services Programs</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="12">Adoption</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="7">Virginia Birth Father Registry</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A Virginia Birth Father Registry is hereby established in the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of <span class="dictionary">Social Services</span>. <a id="paragraph-259996" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-1249/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Virginia Birth Father Registry Fund, hereafter referred to as &#x201C;the Fund.&#x201D; The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All moneys collected under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Filing of petition for adoption; venue; jurisdiction; and proceedings" href="/63.2-1201/">63.2-1201</a> shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund by shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purposes of administration of the Virginia Birth Father Registry. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> or his designee. <a id="paragraph-259997" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-1249/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2006, c. 825; 2017, c. 200.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
