{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/52-39.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/52-39.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/52-39.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/52-39.html"}],"law_id":70058,"edition_id":1,"section_id":70058,"structure_id":14201,"section_number":"52-39","catch_line":"Confidentiality and immunity from service of process","history":"1998, c. 590.","full_text":"A\n\nPapers, records, documents, reports, materials or other evidence relative to the subject of an insurance fraud investigation or examination in the possession of the Department shall remain confidential and shall not be subject to public inspection.B\n\nAgents employed by the Department shall not be subject to subpoena in civil actions by any court in this Commonwealth to testify concerning any matter of which they have knowledge pursuant to a pending or continuing insurance fraud investigation or examination being conducted by the Department.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":253049,"text":"Papers, records, documents, reports, materials or other evidence relative to the subject of an insurance fraud investigation or examination in the possession of the Department shall remain confidential and shall not be subject to public inspection.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":253050,"text":"Agents employed by the Department shall not be subject to subpoena in civil actions by any court in this Commonwealth to testify concerning any matter of which they have knowledge pursuant to a pending or continuing insurance fraud investigation or examination being conducted by the Department.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14201,"edition_id":1,"name":"Insurance Fraud","identifier":"9","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12841,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:15","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:15","permalink":{"id":237553,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14201,"identifier":"9","token":"52\/9","url":"\/52\/9\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12841,"edition_id":1,"name":"Police (State)","identifier":"52","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:56","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:56","permalink":{"id":237127,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12841,"identifier":"52","token":"52","url":"\/52\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":64445,"structure_id":14201,"section_number":"52-36","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/52-36\/","token":"52\/9\/52-36","metadata":false},{"id":79687,"structure_id":14201,"section_number":"52-37","catch_line":"Insurance Fraud Investigation Unit established; powers and duties of Department of State Police","url":"\/52-37\/","token":"52\/9\/52-37","metadata":false},{"id":70703,"structure_id":14201,"section_number":"52-38","catch_line":"Access to evidence, documentation, and related materials","url":"\/52-38\/","token":"52\/9\/52-38","metadata":false},{"id":70058,"structure_id":14201,"section_number":"52-39","catch_line":"Confidentiality and immunity from service of process","url":"\/52-39\/","token":"52\/9\/52-39","metadata":false},{"id":82032,"structure_id":14201,"section_number":"52-40","catch_line":"Duties of insurers, their employees and insurance professionals","url":"\/52-40\/","token":"52\/9\/52-40","metadata":false},{"id":86136,"structure_id":14201,"section_number":"52-41","catch_line":"Receipt of information; immunity from liability","url":"\/52-41\/","token":"52\/9\/52-41","metadata":false},{"id":60416,"structure_id":14201,"section_number":"52-42","catch_line":"Reward fund","url":"\/52-42\/","token":"52\/9\/52-42","metadata":false},{"id":78243,"structure_id":14201,"section_number":"52-43","catch_line":"Reports","url":"\/52-43\/","token":"52\/9\/52-43","metadata":false},{"id":55388,"structure_id":14201,"section_number":"52-44","catch_line":"Other law-enforcement authority","url":"\/52-44\/","token":"52\/9\/52-44","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":70703,"structure_id":14201,"section_number":"52-38","catch_line":"Access to evidence, documentation, and related materials","url":"\/52-38\/","token":"52\/9\/52-38","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":82032,"structure_id":14201,"section_number":"52-40","catch_line":"Duties of insurers, their employees and insurance professionals","url":"\/52-40\/","token":"52\/9\/52-40","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/52-39\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 590<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":237567,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70058,"identifier":"52-39","token":"52\/9\/52-39","url":"\/52-39\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/52-39\/","token":"52\/9\/52-39","dublin_core":{"Title":"Confidentiality and immunity from service of process","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 52-39","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Papers, records, documents, reports, materials<\/span> or other evidence<\/span> relative to the subject of an insurance fraud<\/span> investigation or examination in the possession<\/span> of the Department shall remain confidential and shall not be subject to public inspection. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Agents employed by the Department shall not be subject to subpoena<\/span> in civil actions<\/span> by any court<\/span> in this Commonwealth to testify concerning any matter of which they have knowledge pursuant to a pending or continuing insurance fraud<\/span> investigation or examination being conducted by the Department. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONFIDENTIALITY AND IMMUNITY FROM SERVICE OF PROCESS (\u00a7 52-39)\n\nA. Papers, records, documents, reports, materials or other evidence relative to\nthe subject of an insurance fraud investigation or examination in the possession\nof the Department shall remain confidential and shall not be subject to public\ninspection.\n\nB. Agents employed by the Department shall not be subject to subpoena in civil\nactions by any court in this Commonwealth to testify concerning any matter of\nwhich they have knowledge pursuant to a pending or continuing insurance fraud\ninvestigation or examination being conducted by the Department.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, c. 590.","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}}