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A civil investigative demand issued under this article shall not require the production of any documentary material<\/span>, the submission of any answers to written interrogatories<\/span>, or the giving of any oral testimony<\/span> if such material, answers, or testimony<\/span> would be protected from disclosure under (i) the standards applicable to subpoenas<\/span> or subpoenas<\/span> duces tecum issued by a court<\/span> of this Commonwealth<\/span> to aid in a grand jury<\/span> investigation<\/span> or (ii) the standards applicable to discovery requests under the Rules of the Supreme Court<\/span> of Virginia, to the extent that the application of such standards to any such demand is appropriate and consistent with the provisions and purposes of this article.\n\t\tAny such demand that is an express demand for any product of discovery<\/span> supersedes any inconsistent order<\/span>, rule, or provision of law<\/span>, other than this section, preventing or restraining disclosure of such product of discovery<\/span> to any person<\/span>. Disclosure of any product of discovery<\/span> pursuant to any such express demand does not constitute a waiver<\/span> of any right or privilege<\/span> that the person<\/span> making such disclosure may be entitled to invoke to resist discovery of trial<\/span> preparation materials<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCIVIL INVESTIGATIVE DEMANDS; PROTECTED MATERIAL OR INFORMATION (\u00a7 8.01-216.12)\n\nA civil investigative demand issued under this article shall not require the\nproduction of any documentary material, the submission of any answers to written\ninterrogatories, or the giving of any oral testimony if such material, answers,\nor testimony would be protected from disclosure under (i) the standards\napplicable to subpoenas or subpoenas duces tecum issued by a court of this\nCommonwealth to aid in a grand jury investigation or (ii) the standards\napplicable to discovery requests under the Rules of the Supreme Court of\nVirginia, to the extent that the application of such standards to any such\ndemand is appropriate and consistent with the provisions and purposes of this\narticle.\n\t\tAny such demand that is an express demand for any product of discovery\nsupersedes any inconsistent order, rule, or provision of law, other than this\nsection, preventing or restraining disclosure of such product of discovery to\nany person. Disclosure of any product of discovery pursuant to any such express\ndemand does not constitute a waiver of any right or privilege that the person\nmaking such disclosure may be entitled to invoke to resist discovery of trial\npreparation materials.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 842.","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}}