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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73841</law_id><section_number>46.2-212</section_number><catch_line>Notice given for records supplied</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="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions; Department of Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Department of Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Powers and Duties of Department, Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Whenever any records held by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> are supplied to third persons, the third persons shall notify the subject of the records that the records have been supplied and shall send to the subject a copy of the records.
		As used in this section &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">records supplied to third persons</span>&#x201D; means all abstracts of operating records held by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> in which the person who is the subject of the records is identified or identifiable, where the records are made available, in any way, to a person who is not the subject of the records.
		This section shall not apply to records supplied to any officials, including <span class="dictionary">court</span> and police officials of the Commonwealth and of any of the counties, cities, and towns of the Commonwealth, and <span class="dictionary">court</span> and <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officials of other states and of the federal government, provided the records or information supplied is for official use; nor shall this section apply to any records supplied to any insurer or its <span class="dictionary">agents</span> unless insurance is denied or the premium charged therefor is increased either wholly or in part because of information contained in such records.</p></section></text><history>1976, c. 505, &#xA7; 46.1-33.1; 1989, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
