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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1981, chapter 408; in 1982, chapter 621; in 1984, chapter 675.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":57817,"section_number":"58.1-3","catch_line":"Secrecy of information; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":254135,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84365,"identifier":"58.1-533","token":"58.1\/I\/3\/21\/58.1-533","url":"\/58.1-533\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/58.1-533\/","token":"58.1\/I\/3\/21\/58.1-533","dublin_core":{"Title":"Confidentiality exemption; use of information obtained","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 58.1-533","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Notwithstanding § 58.1-3<\/a> or any other provision of law<\/span> prohibiting disclosure by the Department<\/span> of the contents of taxpayer<\/span> records or information and notwithstanding any confidentiality statute<\/span> of any claimant agency<\/span>, all information exchanged among the Department<\/span>, claimant agency<\/span>, and the debtor<\/span> necessary to accomplish and effectuate the intent<\/span> of this article shall be lawful. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The information obtained by a claimant agency<\/span> from the Department<\/span> in accordance with the exemption allowed by subsection A shall only be used by a claimant agency<\/span> in the pursuit of its debt collection duties and practices and any person employed by, or formerly employed by, a claimant agency<\/span> who discloses any such information for any other purpose, except as otherwise allowed by § 58.1-3<\/a>, shall be penalized in accordance with the terms of that section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONFIDENTIALITY EXEMPTION; USE OF INFORMATION OBTAINED (\u00a7 58.1-533)\n\nA. Notwithstanding § 58.1-3 or any other provision of law prohibiting\ndisclosure by the Department of the contents of taxpayer records or information\nand notwithstanding any confidentiality statute of any claimant agency, all\ninformation exchanged among the Department, claimant agency, and the debtor\nnecessary to accomplish and effectuate the intent of this article shall be\nlawful.\n\nB. The information obtained by a claimant agency from the Department in\naccordance with the exemption allowed by subsection A shall only be used by a\nclaimant agency in the pursuit of its debt collection duties and practices and\nany person employed by, or formerly employed by, a claimant agency who discloses\nany such information for any other purpose, except as otherwise allowed by\n§ 58.1-3, shall be penalized in accordance with the terms of that section.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 58-19.20; 1981, c. 408; 1982, c. 621; 1984, c. 675.","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}}