CODE OF VIRGINIA

IDENTIFYING INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL; SEPARATE ADDENDUM (§ 20-121.03)

Any petition, pleading, motion, order, or decree filed under this chapter,
including any agreements of the parties or transcripts, shall not contain the
social security number of any party or of any minor child of any party, or any
financial information of any party that provides identifying account numbers for
specific assets, liabilities, accounts, or credit cards. Such information if
required by law to be provided to a governmental agency or required to be
recorded for the benefit or convenience of the parties, shall be contained in a
separate addendum filed by the attorney or party. Such separate addendum shall
be used to distribute the information only as required by law. Such addendum
shall otherwise be made available only to the parties, their attorneys, and to
such other persons as the court in its discretion may allow. The attorney or
party who prepares or submits a petition, pleading, motion, agreement, order, or
decree shall ensure that any information protected pursuant to this section is
removed prior to filing with the clerk and that any separate addendum is
incorporated by reference into the petition, pleading, motion, agreement, order
or decree. The clerk has the authority to reject any petition, pleading, motion,
agreement, order, or decree for recordation as a land record that does not
comply with the provisions of this section.

HISTORY: 2005, c. 500; 2006, c. 734; 2007, cc. 548, 626.