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This law was first created in 2025. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 287<\/a> and 300<\/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","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":61238,"section_number":"6.2-1900","catch_line":"(Repealed effective July 1, 2026) Definitions.","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-1900\/"},{"id":69648,"section_number":"6.2-424","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-424\/"},{"id":83499,"section_number":"6.2-604","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-604\/"}],"permalink":{"id":277713,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79354,"identifier":"8.01-420.9","token":"8.01\/14\/9\/8.01-420.9","url":"\/8.01-420.9\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-420.9\/","token":"8.01\/14\/9\/8.01-420.9","dublin_core":{"Title":"Subpoena duces tecum; financial records of nonparty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-420.9","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Notwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span>, when any party<\/span> in a civil action<\/span> issues<\/span> a subpoena duces tecum<\/span> for the production of (i) records subject to attorney-client privilege<\/span> or (ii) the financial records of a nonparty account holder, such attorney holding privileged records or nonparty account holder may file a motion to quash<\/span> or modify such subpoena. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Upon receiving a valid subpoena duces tecum<\/span> for financial records, no commercial business providing credit history or credit reports, issuer as defined in § 6.2-424<\/a>, financial institution as defined in § 6.2-604<\/a>, or money transmitter as defined in § 6.2-1900<\/a> shall condition compliance with such subpoena upon the payment of any fees for the costs of producing such records, but such commercial business, issuer, financial institution, or money transmitter may impose reasonable charges not to exceed the actual costs incurred in accessing, duplicating, supplying, or searching for the requested records. Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a cause of action<\/span> against such commercial business, issuer, financial institution, or money transmitter that complies with a subpoena duces tecum<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUBPOENA DUCES TECUM; FINANCIAL RECORDS OF NONPARTY (\u00a7 8.01-420.9)\n\nA. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when any party in a civil action\nissues a subpoena duces tecum for the production of (i) records subject to\nattorney-client privilege or (ii) the financial records of a nonparty account\nholder, such attorney holding privileged records or nonparty account holder may\nfile a motion to quash or modify such subpoena.\n\nB. Upon receiving a valid subpoena duces tecum for financial records, no\ncommercial business providing credit history or credit reports, issuer as\ndefined in § 6.2-424, financial institution as defined in § 6.2-604,\nor money transmitter as defined in § 6.2-1900 shall condition compliance\nwith such subpoena upon the payment of any fees for the costs of producing such\nrecords, but such commercial business, issuer, financial institution, or money\ntransmitter may impose reasonable charges not to exceed the actual costs\nincurred in accessing, duplicating, supplying, or searching for the requested\nrecords. Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a cause of action\nagainst such commercial business, issuer, financial institution, or money\ntransmitter that complies with a subpoena duces tecum.\n\nHISTORY: 2025, cc. 287, 300.","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}}