1. 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.

2. B. Information contained in the registry is confidential and may only be released on request to:

   1. 1. A court or a person designated by the court;
   2. 2. The mother of the child who is the subject of the registration;
   3. 3. An agency authorized by law to receive such information;
   4. 4. A licensed child-placing agency;
   5. 5. A support enforcement agency;
   6. 6. The child's guardian ad litem;
   7. 7. 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;
   8. 8. A putative father registry in another state; and
   9. 9. 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.
3. C. Information contained in the registry shall be exempt from disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.).
4. D. 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.

2006, c. 825; 2012, c. 424; 2015, c. 531.