                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

UNLAWFUL DISCLOSURE OF EXISTENCE OF ORDER AUTHORIZING WIRE OR ORAL INTERCEPTION
OF COMMUNICATION (§ 18.2-460.1)

Except as provided in Chapter 6 (§ 19.2-61 et seq.) of Title 19.2, it shall be
unlawful for any person who, by virtue of his position of authority or in the
course of his employment by a court, a public utility, a law-enforcement agency,
or by any other agency of state or local government, obtains knowledge of the
fact that an order authorizing interception of wire or oral communication has
been entered or is sought to be entered, intentionally to disclose such
information to any person, except in the performance of his duties. Persons
violating this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
		Nothing herein precludes a court authorizing an interception under this
chapter from prohibiting any other person from disclosing the existence of an
order, interception, or device and imposing contempt sanctions for any willful
disclosure.

HISTORY: 1980, c. 339.