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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69670</law_id><section_number>38.2-607</section_number><catch_line>Investigative consumer reports</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="6">Insurance Information and Privacy Protection</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Collection, Use, and Dissemination of Information</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No <span class="dictionary">insurance institution</span>, <span class="dictionary">agent</span>, or <span class="dictionary">insurance-support organization</span> may prepare or request an <span class="dictionary">investigative consumer report</span> about an <span class="dictionary">individual</span> in connection with an <span class="dictionary">insurance transaction</span> involving an application for insurance, a policy renewal, a policy reinstatement or a change in insurance benefits unless the <span class="dictionary">insurance institution</span> or <span class="dictionary">agent</span> informs the <span class="dictionary">individual</span>: <a id="paragraph-251873" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-607/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> That he may request to be interviewed in connection with the preparation of the <span class="dictionary">investigative consumer report</span>; and <a id="paragraph-251874" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-607/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> That upon a request pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Access to recorded personal information" href="/38.2-608/">38.2-608</a>, he is entitled to receive a copy of the <span class="dictionary">investigative consumer report</span>. <a id="paragraph-251875" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-607/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If an <span class="dictionary">investigative consumer report</span> is to be prepared by an <span class="dictionary">insurance institution</span> or <span class="dictionary">agent</span>, the <span class="dictionary">insurance institution</span> or <span class="dictionary">agent</span> shall institute reasonable procedures to conduct a personal interview requested by an <span class="dictionary">individual</span>. <a id="paragraph-251876" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-607/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> If an <span class="dictionary">investigative consumer report</span> is to be prepared by an <span class="dictionary">insurance-support organization</span>, the <span class="dictionary">insurance institution</span> or <span class="dictionary">agent</span> desiring the report shall inform the <span class="dictionary">insurance-support organization</span> whether a personal interview has been requested by the <span class="dictionary">individual</span>. The <span class="dictionary">insurance-support organization</span> shall institute reasonable procedures to conduct such interviews, if requested. <a id="paragraph-251877" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-607/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1981, c. 389, &#xA7; 38.1-57.10; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
