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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>353765</law_id><section_number>20-88.65</section_number><catch_line>Administrative enforcement of orders</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="56" identifier="20">Domestic Relations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="10" identifier="5.3">Uniform Interstate Family Support Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="7" identifier="7">Enforcement of Order Without Registration</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">party</span> or <span class="dictionary">support enforcement agency</span> seeking to enforce a <span class="dictionary">foreign support order</span>, or a support order or an <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">income</span>-withholding order</span>, or both, issued in another <span class="dictionary">state</span>, may send the documents required for registering the order to a <span class="dictionary">support enforcement agency</span> of the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-1317886" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.65/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Upon receipt of the documents, the <span class="dictionary">support enforcement agency</span>, without initially seeking to <span class="dictionary">register</span> the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the Commonwealth to enforce a support order or an <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">income</span>-withholding order</span>, or both. If the <span class="dictionary">obligor</span> does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered. If the <span class="dictionary">obligor</span> contests the validity or administrative enforcement of the order, the <span class="dictionary">support enforcement agency</span> shall <span class="dictionary">register</span> the order pursuant to this chapter. <a id="paragraph-1317887" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.65/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1994, c. 673; 2005, c. 754; 2015, c. 727.</history><metadata><court_decisions></court_decisions></metadata></law>
