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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66816</law_id><section_number>63.2-1905</section_number><catch_line>Establishment of State Case Registry</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="63.2">Welfare (Social Services)</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="V">Administrative Child Support</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="19">Child Support Enforcement</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall keep and maintain a State Case Registry (Registry) that contains case records of services provided by the Division of <span class="dictionary">Child</span> Support Enforcement, as well as each support <span class="dictionary">order</span> established or modified in the Commonwealth. Records contained in this Registry shall be promptly updated, maintained, and regularly monitored, and shall include (i) information on administrative actions and administrative and judicial proceedings and <span class="dictionary">orders</span> relating to paternity establishment and support; (ii) information obtained from comparison with federal, state or local sources of information; (iii) information on support collections and distributions; and (iv) any other relevant information. The Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of Virginia shall report information concerning judicial proceedings and <span class="dictionary">orders</span> relating to paternity and support to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>. The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall be permitted to disseminate Registry information for information comparisons with other state and federal agencies, and as may be required pursuant to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public <span class="dictionary">Law</span> 104-193) and any regulations adopted thereto. Such information comparison activities shall include the following: (a) Federal Case Registry of <span class="dictionary">Child</span> Support <span class="dictionary">Orders</span>, (b) Federal Parent Locator Service, (c) <span class="dictionary">Temporary Assistance for Needy Families</span> and Medicaid, and (d) intrastate and interstate information comparisons.</p></section></text><history>1998, c. 109, &#xA7; 63.1-250.1:3; 2002, c. 747.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
