CODE OF VIRGINIA

INTEREST ON SUPPORT PAYMENTS COLLECTED (§ 63.2-1951)

The Department shall pay interest to the payee as provided in this section on
certain spousal or child support payments it collects which have been ordered by
a court or established by administrative order to be paid to or through the
Department to the payee and for which the Department has an assignment of rights
or has been given an authorization to seek or enforce a support obligation as
those terms are defined in §§ 63.2-100 and 63.2-1900. Such interest shall
accrue, at the legal rate as established by § 6.2-301, on all support payments
collected by the Department and paid to the payee more than thirty days
following the end of the month in which the payment was received by the
Department in nonpublic assistance cases. Interest shall be charged to the
Department on such payments if the Department has an established case and if the
obligor or payor provides identifying information including the Department case
number or the noncustodial parent’s name and correct social security
number.

HISTORY: 1987, c. 609, § 63.1-250.1:1; 2002, c. 747.