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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66065</law_id><section_number>8.01-420.8</section_number><catch_line>Protection of confidential information in court files</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="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="14">Evidence</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="9">Miscellaneous Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Whenever a <span class="dictionary">party</span> files, or causes to be filed, with the <span class="dictionary">court</span> a <span class="dictionary">motion</span>, pleading, <span class="dictionary">subpoena</span>, exhibit, or other document containing a social security number or other identification number appearing on a driver&#x2019;s license or other document issued under Chapter 3 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Driving without license prohibited; penalties" href="/46.2-300/">46.2-300</a> et seq.) of Title 46.2 or the comparable <span class="dictionary">law</span> of another <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>, or on a credit card, debit card, bank account, or other electronic billing and payment system, the <span class="dictionary">party</span> shall make reasonable efforts to redact all but the last four digits of the identification number. <a id="paragraph-240041" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-420.8/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The provisions of subsection A apply to all <span class="dictionary">civil actions</span> in <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> and district <span class="dictionary">court</span>, unless there is a specific <span class="dictionary">statute</span> to the contrary that applies to the particular type of proceeding in which the <span class="dictionary">party</span> is involved. <a id="paragraph-240042" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-420.8/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Nothing in this section shall create a private <span class="dictionary">cause of action</span> against the <span class="dictionary">party</span> or lawyer who filed the document or any <span class="dictionary">court</span> personnel, the clerk, or any employees of the clerk&#x2019;s office who received it for filing. <a id="paragraph-240043" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-420.8/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2014, c. 427; 2020, cc. 1227, 1246.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
