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Virginia*

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Virginia Statute:

Article 7 (§ 63.2-1222 and 1249 et seq.)

Obtain form from, and return form to:

Virginia Department of Social Services
Attention: Putative Father Registry
7 N. Eighth St.
Richmond, VA 23219

Tel: 1-877-433-2339; 1-804-726-7524; 1-804-726-7528

Obtain form also from:
www.dss.virginia.gov/family/ap/putative_registry.cgi

Notarization Required?:
No
Cost:
None
Further Information:

*An asterisk (*) means that the state, by statute, regards a putative father’s ignorance of the pregnancy or the birth as no excuse for not registering with the putative father registry. Other states may imply similar theory through their case law, even if the statutes do not mention it.

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