{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-63.2-1251","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 63.2-1251","heading":"Furnishing information; confidentiality; penalty","body":"A. The Department is not required to locate the mother of a child who is the subject of a registration, but the Department shall send a copy of the notice of registration to the mother if an address is provided.B. Information contained in the registry is confidential and may only be released on request to:1. A court or a person designated by the court;2. The mother of the child who is the subject of the registration;3. An agency authorized by law to receive such information;4. A licensed child-placing agency;5. A support enforcement agency;6. The child's guardian ad litem;7. A party or the party's attorney of record in an adoption proceeding, custody proceeding, paternity proceeding, or in a proceeding of termination of parental rights, regarding a child who is the subject of the registration;8. A putative father registry in another state; and9. A local department of social services for the purpose of establishing paternity of a child accepted for placement by a local board pursuant to § 63.2-900.C. Information contained in the registry shall be exempt from disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.).D. An individual who intentionally releases information from the registry to an individual or agency not authorized to receive the information in this section is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.2006, c. 825; 2012, c. 424; 2015, c. 531.","path":["Title 63.2. WELFARE (SOCIAL SERVICES)","Subtitle III. SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAMS","Chapter 12. ADOPTION","Article 7. PUTATIVE FATHER REGISTRY"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/63.2-1251/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:18:09Z","sha256":"47954346bd8cca59451a455364e3a65f5493ed642ede7c84a4fcc3a3af77e87b","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-63.2-1250","next":"us-va/va.-code-63.2-1252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}