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However, this provision shall not apply to information disclosed to (i) a regulatory official of any state or country; (ii) the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, its affiliate or its subsidiary; or (iii) a law-enforcement authority of any state or country. Any such disclosure by the Commission shall not constitute a waiver of confidentiality of such information. After the licensed nonstock corporation and its affiliates have been given notice and opportunity to be heard, the Commission may publish all or any part of the information and materials referred to in this section in any manner it considers appropriate, if it determines that the interests of subscribers or the public will be served by the publication.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":265615,"text":"All information, documents and copies obtained by or disclosed to the Commission or any other person in the course of an examination or investigation made pursuant to \u00a7 38.2-4234, and all information reported pursuant to \u00a7 38.2-4231, shall be confidential, shall not be subject to subpoena, and shall not be made public by the Commission or any other person without the prior written consent of the nonstock corporation to which they pertain. However, this provision shall not apply to information disclosed to (i) a regulatory official of any state or country; (ii) the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, its affiliate or its subsidiary; or (iii) a law-enforcement authority of any state or country. Any such disclosure by the Commission shall not constitute a waiver of confidentiality of such information. 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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 606 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 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter 519<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":73870,"section_number":"38.2-4231","catch_line":"Registration of nonstock corporations that are members of holding company system","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4231\/"},{"id":72404,"section_number":"38.2-4234","catch_line":"Examinations","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4234\/"}],"permalink":{"id":216831,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73864,"identifier":"38.2-4235","token":"38.2\/42\/2\/38.2-4235","url":"\/38.2-4235\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-4235\/","token":"38.2\/42\/2\/38.2-4235","dublin_core":{"Title":"Confidential treatment of information and documents","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-4235","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All information, documents and copies obtained by or disclosed to the Commission<\/span> or any other person<\/span> in the course of an examination or investigation made pursuant to \u00a7 38.2-4234<\/a>, and all information reported pursuant to \u00a7 38.2-4231<\/a>, shall be confidential, shall not be subject to subpoena<\/span>, and shall not be made public by the Commission<\/span> or any other person<\/span> without the prior written consent of the nonstock corporation<\/span> to which they pertain. However, this provision shall not apply to information disclosed to (i) a regulatory official of any state<\/span> or country; (ii) the National Association of Insurance<\/span> Commissioners<\/span>, its affiliate<\/span> or its subsidiary; or (iii) a law<\/span>-enforcement authority of any state<\/span> or country. Any such disclosure by the Commission<\/span> shall not constitute a waiver<\/span> of confidentiality of such information. After the licensed nonstock corporation<\/span> and its affiliates<\/span> have been given notice and opportunity to be heard, the Commission<\/span> may publish all or any part of the information and materials<\/span> referred to in this section in any manner it considers appropriate, if it determines that the interests of subscribers<\/span> or the public will be served by the publication.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT OF INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS (\u00a7 38.2-4235)\n\nAll information, documents and copies obtained by or disclosed to the Commission\nor any other person in the course of an examination or investigation made\npursuant to \u00a7 38.2-4234, and all information reported pursuant to \u00a7 38.2-4231,\nshall be confidential, shall not be subject to subpoena, and shall not be made\npublic by the Commission or any other person without the prior written consent\nof the nonstock corporation to which they pertain. However, this provision shall\nnot apply to information disclosed to (i) a regulatory official of any state or\ncountry; (ii) the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, its affiliate\nor its subsidiary; or (iii) a law-enforcement authority of any state or country.\nAny such disclosure by the Commission shall not constitute a waiver of\nconfidentiality of such information. After the licensed nonstock corporation and\nits affiliates have been given notice and opportunity to be heard, the\nCommission may publish all or any part of the information and materials referred\nto in this section in any manner it considers appropriate, if it determines that\nthe interests of subscribers or the public will be served by the publication.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 606; 2001, c. 519.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}