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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>377361</law_id><section_number>8.01-44.3</section_number><catch_line>Divulgence of communications by qualified interpreters and communications assistants</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="3" identifier="3">Injury to Person or Property</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If the content of any communication which is facilitated for compensation in the professional capacity of a qualified interpreter, as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Statewide interpreter service" href="/51.5-113/">51.5-113</a>, or in the professional capacity of any communications assistant employed by the statewide dual <span class="dictionary">party</span> relay service established under Article 5 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Repealed" href="/56-484.4/">56-484.4</a> et seq.) of Chapter 15 of Title 56, is divulged by such interpreter or assistant, any such <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the communication aggrieved by such divulgence may recover from such interpreter or assistant the greater of (i) actual <span class="dictionary">damages</span> sustained, together with costs and reasonable attorneys&#x2019; fees, or (ii) $100. No such recovery shall be permitted if the interpreter or assistant and the parties to the communication have agreed that the interpreter or assistant may divulge the content of the communication.</p></section></text><history>1992, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
