Duties of the Virgin Islands Information Agency

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  • (a) The Division of Paternity and Child Support, is the Virgin Islands Central Registry and Information Agency under this subchapter.

  • (b) The Division of Paternity and Child Support as the Information Agency shall:

    • (1) compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in the Virgin Islands which have jurisdiction under this subchapter and any support enforcement agencies in the Virgin Islands and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state;

    • (2) maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states;

    • (3) forward to the appropriate tribunal in the judicial division in Virgin Islands in which the obligee who is an individual or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor’s property is believed to be located all documents concerning a proceeding under this subchapter received from another state or a foreign country; and

    • (4) obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor’s property within the Virgin Islands not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor’s address from employers, and examination of governmental records, including, to the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver’s licenses, and social security.


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