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If any inquiry is objected to, the reasons for the objection shall be stated in the certificate instead of an answer. The certificate shall state that all information required by the demand and in the possession, custody, control, or knowledge of the person to whom the demand is directed has been submitted. To the extent that any information is not furnished, the information shall be identified and reasons set forth with particularity regarding the reasons why the information was not furnished.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":290125,"text":"Each inquiry in a civil investigative demand served under this article shall be answered separately and fully in writing under oath and shall be submitted under a sworn certificate, in such form as the demand designates, by (i) in the case of a natural person, the person to whom the demand is directed, or (ii) in the case of a person other than a natural person, the person or persons responsible for answering each inquiry. If any inquiry is objected to, the reasons for the objection shall be stated in the certificate instead of an answer. The certificate shall state that all information required by the demand and in the possession, custody, control, or knowledge of the person to whom the demand is directed has been submitted. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0842\">842<\/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":280321,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80936,"identifier":"8.01-216.15","token":"8.01\/3\/19.1\/8.01-216.15","url":"\/8.01-216.15\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-216.15\/","token":"8.01\/3\/19.1\/8.01-216.15","dublin_core":{"Title":"Civil investigative demands; interrogatories","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-216.15","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Each inquiry in a civil investigative demand served under this article shall be answered separately and fully in writing under <span class=\"dictionary\">oath<\/span> and shall be submitted under a sworn certificate, in such form as the demand designates, by (i) in the case of a natural <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> to whom the demand is directed, or (ii) in the case of a <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> other than a natural <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">persons<\/span> responsible for answering each inquiry. 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The\ncertificate shall state that all information required by the demand and in the\npossession, custody, control, or knowledge of the person to whom the demand is\ndirected has been submitted. To the extent that any information is not\nfurnished, the information shall be identified and reasons set forth with\nparticularity regarding the reasons why the information was not furnished.\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}}