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.\nB. Information contained in the registry is confidential and may only be released on request to:\n1. A court or a person designated by the court;\n2. The mother of the child who is the subject of the registration;\n3. An agency authorized by law to receive such information;\n4. A licensed child-placing agency;\n5. A support enforcement agency;\n6. The child's guardian ad litem;\n7. 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;\n8. A putative father registry in another state; and\n9. 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.\nC. Information contained in the registry shall be exempt from disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.).\nD. or placement by a local board pursuant to § 63.2-900.\nC. Information contained in the registry shall be exempt from disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.).\nD. 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.\n2006, c. 825; 2012, c. 424; 2015, c. 531.
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