                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

AUTHORITY FOR SUBPOENAS; QUALIFIED PRIVILEGE AND IMMUNITY (§ 54.1-3925.3)

A. In the conduct of investigations and hearings, the Board and character and
fitness committee may administer oaths and affirmations and may issue subpoenas
for the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, books, accounts,
documents, and other records or tangible evidence relevant to any such
investigation or hearing. Any subpoena shall be issued in the name of the Board
and be signed by a member of the Board or by its secretary.

B. If any person fails or refuses to obey a subpoena, or to give testimony, the
Board shall notify the circuit court of the county or city wherein the hearing
is or was to have been held, or where the documents or tangible things were to
have been produced. On receipt of the notice, the circuit court shall issue an
order compelling such person&#8217;s attendance or testimony, or both, or the
production of the documents or tangible things, to the same extent as could be
required in a proceeding in court.

C. Information furnished to and testimony given before the Board or the
character and fitness committee in the course of an investigation or hearing
shall be privileged, and any person furnishing information or giving testimony
shall be immune from civil liability therefor, unless it is shown that such
person was motivated by actual malice.

HISTORY: 1992, c. 734.