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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59467</law_id><section_number>6.2-948</section_number><catch_line>Privilege for self-assessment reports</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>6.2-949</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="6.2">Financial Institutions and Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Depository Institutions and Trust Organizations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Banks</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="16">Voluntary Regulatory Self-Assessments</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Except as otherwise provided in this article:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A <span class="dictionary">self-assessment report</span> and any portion or contents thereof are privileged and are not <span class="dictionary">admissible</span> or subject to <span class="dictionary">discovery</span> in any civil or administrative <span class="dictionary">litigation</span>, action, proceeding, or investigation; <a id="paragraph-217921" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-948/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The self-assessment <span class="dictionary">privilege</span> shall be applicable regardless of whether a <span class="dictionary">bank regulator</span> or any other governmental authority in <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of a <span class="dictionary">self-assessment report</span> or any portion or contents thereof subsequently discloses it or any portion or contents thereof to a third <span class="dictionary">party</span> (i) in accordance with subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Confidentiality of information" href="/6.2-101/">6.2-101</a> or (ii) as required or permitted by any other state or federal <span class="dictionary">law</span>; and <a id="paragraph-217922" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-948/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Notwithstanding any state or federal <span class="dictionary">law</span>, a <span class="dictionary">bank regulator</span> or any other governmental authority in <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of a <span class="dictionary">self-assessment report</span> or any portion or contents thereof shall not disclose the report or any portion or contents thereof to a <span class="dictionary">person</span> in response to a request made pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Short title; policy" href="/2.2-3700/">2.2-3700</a> et seq.) or any similar federal or state public records <span class="dictionary">law</span>. <a id="paragraph-217923" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-948/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2013, cc. 32, 148.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
