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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>362936</law_id><section_number>38.2-619</section_number><catch_line>Obtaining information under false pretenses</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="88" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="6" identifier="6">Insurance Information and Privacy Protection</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Collection, Use, and Dissemination of Information</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who knowingly and willfully obtains information about an <span class="dictionary">individual</span> from an <span class="dictionary">insurance institution</span>, <span class="dictionary">agent</span> or <span class="dictionary">insurance-support organization</span> under <span class="dictionary">false pretenses</span> shall be fined not more than $10,000 or punished by confinement in jail for not more than 12 months, or both.</p></section></text><history>1981, c. 389, &#xA7; 38.1-57.26; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
