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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76200</law_id><section_number>6.2-949</section_number><catch_line>Exceptions from self-evaluation privilege</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="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>The <span class="dictionary">self-assessment</span> <span class="dictionary">privilege</span> established by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Privilege for self-assessment reports" href="/6.2-948/">6.2-948</a> shall not apply:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">bank</span> expressly <span class="dictionary">waives</span> the protections of the <span class="dictionary">self-assessment</span> <span class="dictionary">privilege</span> established by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Privilege for self-assessment reports" href="/6.2-948/">6.2-948</a>; <a id="paragraph-273647" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-949/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> If a bank discloses a <span class="dictionary">self-assessment report</span> to any third <span class="dictionary">party</span>, provided that disclosure of a <span class="dictionary">self-assessment report</span> to a third <span class="dictionary">party</span> shall not void or <span class="dictionary">waive</span> the self-assessment <span class="dictionary">privilege</span> with respect to such <span class="dictionary">self-assessment report</span> if such third <span class="dictionary">party</span> (i) is a <span class="dictionary">bank regulator</span>, (ii) is subject to an agreement or obligation to preserve the confidentiality of the <span class="dictionary">self-assessment report</span>, which agreement or obligation to preserve confidentiality need not be in writing and may be evidenced by an indication of confidentiality on the face of any such <span class="dictionary">self-assessment report</span>, a verbal agreement regarding its confidentiality, an employment relationship, a principal-agent relationship, a fiduciary relationship, or an attorney-client relationship, or (iii) receives the <span class="dictionary">self-assessment report</span> from a <span class="dictionary">person</span> described in clause (i) or (ii); <a id="paragraph-273648" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-949/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">court</span> or <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> officer, after an <span class="dictionary">in camera</span> review, determines that (i) the <span class="dictionary">privilege</span> is being asserted for a fraudulent purpose, (ii) the <span class="dictionary">self-assessment report</span> was prepared to avoid disclosure of information in an investigative, administrative, or judicial proceeding that was underway at the time of its preparation or for which the bank had been provided written notification that an investigation into a specific violation had been initiated, or (iii) the <span class="dictionary">self-assessment report</span> addresses a matter reasonably expected to have an imminent and substantial harm to bank customers or consumers and the bank has not previously taken reasonable actions to correct the matter; or <a id="paragraph-273649" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-949/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> To any <span class="dictionary">self-assessment report</span> requested by a <span class="dictionary">bank regulator</span>, provided that disclosure of a <span class="dictionary">self-assessment report</span> to a <span class="dictionary">bank regulator</span> shall not void or <span class="dictionary">waive</span> the self-assessment <span class="dictionary">privilege</span> with respect to such <span class="dictionary">self-assessment report</span>, and provided further that disclosure of a <span class="dictionary">self-assessment report</span> by a <span class="dictionary">bank regulator</span> to any third <span class="dictionary">party</span> shall not void or <span class="dictionary">waive</span> the self-assessment <span class="dictionary">privilege</span> with respect to such <span class="dictionary">self-assessment report</span>. <a id="paragraph-273650" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-949/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2013, cc. 32, 148.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
