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Subchapter
005
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EXAMINATIONS
(Cite as: 8 V.S.A. § 11502)
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§ 11502. Confidentiality of investigation and examination reports
(a) Regardless of source, all records of investigations, including information pertaining
to a complaint by or for a consumer, and all records and reports of examinations by
the Commissioner, whether in the possession of a supervisory agency or another person,
shall be confidential and privileged, shall not be made public, and shall not be subject
to discovery or introduction into evidence in any private civil action. No person
who participated on behalf of the Commissioner in an investigation or examination
shall be permitted or required to testify in any such civil action as to any findings,
recommendations, opinions, results, or other actions relating to the investigation
or examination. The Commissioner may, in his or her discretion, disclose or publish
or authorize the disclosure or publication of any such record or report or any part
thereof to civil or criminal law enforcement authorities for use in the exercise of
such authority’s duties, in such manner as the Commissioner may deem proper.
(b) For the purposes of this section, records of investigations and records and reports
of examinations shall include joint examinations by the Commissioner and any other
supervisory agency. Records of investigations and reports of examinations shall also
include, when such records are considered confidential by an agency or foreign government
and the records are in the possession of the Commissioner, records of examinations
and investigations conducted by:
(1) any supervisory agency; and
(2) the supervisory agency of any foreign government with jurisdiction over any financial
institution. (Added 1999, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.)