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Upon receiving a request for any birth records containing a report of the disappearance of any child, the State Registrar shall immediately notify the local law-enforcement agency which provided the missing child report to the State Registrar. The State Registrar shall transmit any relevant information concerning the applicant’s identity, address, and other pertinent data immediately to the relevant local law-enforcement agency. The State Registrar shall retain the original written request until notified of the missing child’s recovery or the child attains the age of eighteen. Upon notification that any missing child has been recovered, the State Registrar shall remove the report of the disappearance from the child’s birth record.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1336947,"text":"Upon receiving a report of the disappearance of any child born in this Commonwealth, the State Registrar shall indicate in a clear and conspicuous manner in the child’s birth record that the child has been reported as missing, including the title and location of the law-enforcement agency providing the report. Upon receiving a request for any birth records containing a report of the disappearance of any child, the State Registrar shall immediately notify the local law-enforcement agency which provided the missing child report to the State Registrar. The State Registrar shall transmit any relevant information concerning the applicant’s identity, address, and other pertinent data immediately to the relevant local law-enforcement agency. The State Registrar shall retain the original written request until notified of the missing child’s recovery or the child attains the age of eighteen. 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This law was first created in 1990. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 295 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1431317,"object_type":"law","relational_id":359374,"identifier":"32.1-275.2","token":"32.1\/7\/7\/32.1-275.2","url":"\/32.1-275.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-275.2\/","token":"32.1\/7\/7\/32.1-275.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notation on birth records of missing children","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-275.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon receiving a report of the disappearance of any child born in this Commonwealth, the State Registrar shall indicate in a clear and conspicuous manner in the child’s birth record that the child has been reported as missing, including the title and location of the law<\/span>-enforcement agency providing the report. Upon receiving a request for any birth records containing a report of the disappearance of any child, the State Registrar shall immediately notify the local law<\/span>-enforcement agency which provided the missing child report to the State Registrar. The State Registrar shall transmit any relevant information concerning the applicant’s identity, address, and other pertinent data immediately to the relevant local law<\/span>-enforcement agency. The State Registrar shall retain the original written request until notified of the missing child’s recovery or the child attains the age of eighteen. Upon notification that any missing child has been recovered, the State Registrar shall remove the report of the disappearance from the child’s birth record.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTATION ON BIRTH RECORDS OF MISSING CHILDREN (\u00a7 32.1-275.2)\n\nUpon receiving a report of the disappearance of any child born in this\nCommonwealth, the State Registrar shall indicate in a clear and conspicuous\nmanner in the child’s birth record that the child has been reported as\nmissing, including the title and location of the law-enforcement agency\nproviding the report. Upon receiving a request for any birth records containing\na report of the disappearance of any child, the State Registrar shall\nimmediately notify the local law-enforcement agency which provided the missing\nchild report to the State Registrar. The State Registrar shall transmit any\nrelevant information concerning the applicant’s identity, address, and\nother pertinent data immediately to the relevant local law-enforcement agency.\nThe State Registrar shall retain the original written request until notified of\nthe missing child’s recovery or the child attains the age of eighteen.\nUpon notification that any missing child has been recovered, the State Registrar\nshall remove the report of the disappearance from the child’s birth\nrecord.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 295.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}