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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 279 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":356406,"section_number":"27-85.4","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/27-85.4\/"},{"id":356407,"section_number":"27-85.5","catch_line":"Disclosure of information","order_by":null,"url":"\/27-85.5\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1417501,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356408,"identifier":"27-85.6","token":"27\/6\/3\/27-85.6","url":"\/27-85.6\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/27-85.6\/","token":"27\/6\/3\/27-85.6","dublin_core":{"Title":"Evidence","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 27-85.6","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any authorized agency and insurance company<\/span> described in \u00a7 27-85.4<\/a> or \u00a7 27-85.5<\/a> who receives any information furnished pursuant to this article, shall hold the information in confidence until such time as its release is required pursuant to a criminal or civil proceeding, except release in accordance with subsection C of \u00a7 27-85.5<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEVIDENCE (\u00a7 27-85.6)\n\nAny authorized agency and insurance company described in \u00a7 27-85.4 or \u00a7\n27-85.5 who receives any information furnished pursuant to this article, shall\nhold the information in confidence until such time as its release is required\npursuant to a criminal or civil proceeding, except release in accordance with\nsubsection C of \u00a7 27-85.5.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 279.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}