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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376925</law_id><section_number>8.01-216.12</section_number><catch_line>Civil investigative demands; protected material or information</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>A civil investigative demand issued under this article shall not require the production of any <span class="dictionary">documentary material</span>, the submission of any answers to written <span class="dictionary">interrogatories</span>, or the giving of any oral <span class="dictionary">testimony</span> if such material, answers, or <span class="dictionary">testimony</span> would be protected from disclosure under (i) the standards applicable to <span class="dictionary">subpoenas</span> or <span class="dictionary">subpoenas</span> duces tecum issued by a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of this <span class="dictionary">Commonwealth</span> to aid in a <span class="dictionary">grand jury</span> <span class="dictionary">investigation</span> or (ii) the standards applicable to <span class="dictionary">discovery</span> requests under the Rules of the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of Virginia, to the extent that the application of such standards to any such demand is appropriate and consistent with the provisions and purposes of this article.</p><p>Any such demand that is an express demand for any <span class="dictionary">product of discovery</span> supersedes any inconsistent <span class="dictionary">order</span>, rule, or provision of <span class="dictionary">law</span>, other than this section, preventing or restraining disclosure of such <span class="dictionary">product of discovery</span> to any <span class="dictionary">person</span>. Disclosure of any <span class="dictionary">product of discovery</span> pursuant to any such express demand does not constitute a <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> of any right or <span class="dictionary">privilege</span> that the <span class="dictionary">person</span> making such disclosure may be entitled to invoke to resist discovery of <span class="dictionary">trial</span> preparation <span class="dictionary">materials</span>.</p></section></text><history>2002, c. 842.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
