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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376924</law_id><section_number>8.01-216.11</section_number><catch_line>Civil investigative demands; contents and deadlines</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="12" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="3">Actions</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="22" identifier="19.1">Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Each civil investigative demand issued under this article shall state the nature of the conduct constituting the alleged violation of a false <span class="dictionary">claims</span> <span class="dictionary">law</span> that is under <span class="dictionary">investigation</span>, and the applicable provision of <span class="dictionary">law</span> alleged to be violated.</p><p>If such demand is for the production of <span class="dictionary">documentary material</span>, the demand shall (i) describe each class of <span class="dictionary">documentary material</span> to be produced with such definiteness and certainty as to permit such material to be fairly identified; (ii) prescribe a return date for each such class that will provide a reasonable period of time within which the material so demanded may be assembled and made available for inspection and copying; and (iii) identify the false <span class="dictionary">claims</span> <span class="dictionary">law</span> investigator to whom such material shall be made available.</p><p>If such demand is for answers to written <span class="dictionary">interrogatories</span>, the demand shall (i) set forth with specificity the written <span class="dictionary">interrogatories</span> to be answered; (ii) prescribe dates at which time answers to written <span class="dictionary">interrogatories</span> shall be submitted; and (iii) identify the false <span class="dictionary">claims</span> <span class="dictionary">law</span> investigator to whom such answers shall be submitted.</p><p>If such demand is for the giving of oral <span class="dictionary">testimony</span>, the demand shall (i) prescribe a date, time, and place at which oral <span class="dictionary">testimony</span> shall be commenced; (ii) identify a false <span class="dictionary">claims</span> <span class="dictionary">law</span> investigator who shall conduct the examination and the custodian to whom the <span class="dictionary">transcript</span> of such examination shall be submitted; (iii) specify that such attendance and <span class="dictionary">testimony</span> are necessary to the conduct of the <span class="dictionary">investigation</span>; (iv) notify the <span class="dictionary">person</span> receiving the demand of the right to be accompanied by an attorney and any other representative; and (v) describe the general purpose for which the demand is being issued and the general nature of the <span class="dictionary">testimony</span>, including the primary areas of inquiry that will be taken pursuant to the demand.</p><p>Any civil investigative demand that is an express demand for any <span class="dictionary">product of discovery</span> shall not be returned or returnable until twenty-one days after a copy of such demand has been served upon the <span class="dictionary">person</span> from whom the discovery was obtained.</p><p>The date prescribed for the commencement of oral <span class="dictionary">testimony</span> pursuant to a civil investigative demand issued under this article shall be a date that is not less than seven days after the date on which the demand is received, unless the <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span> determines that exceptional circumstances are present that warrant the commencement of such <span class="dictionary">testimony</span> within a lesser period of time.</p><p>The <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span> shall not authorize the issuance of more than one civil investigative demand for oral <span class="dictionary">testimony</span> by the same <span class="dictionary">person</span> unless the <span class="dictionary">person</span> requests otherwise or unless the <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span>, after <span class="dictionary">investigation</span>, notifies that <span class="dictionary">person</span> in writing that an additional demand for oral <span class="dictionary">testimony</span> is necessary.</p></section></text><history>2002, c. 842.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
