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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1391117,"object_type":"law","relational_id":350241,"identifier":"17.1-914","token":"17.1\/9\/17.1-914","url":"\/17.1-914\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-914\/","token":"17.1\/9\/17.1-914","dublin_core":{"Title":"Privilege","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-914","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The filing of papers with and the giving of testimony<\/span> before the Commission<\/span> shall be privileged, except where such filing of papers or giving of testimony<\/span> is motivated or accompanied by actual malice<\/span>. No other publication of such papers or proceedings shall be privileged in any action for defamation except that (i) the record filed by the Commission<\/span> with the Supreme Court<\/span>, in support of a formal complaint filed therewith, continues to be privileged and (ii) a writing which was privileged before its filing with the Commission<\/span> shall not lose such privilege<\/span> by such filing.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPRIVILEGE (\u00a7 17.1-914)\n\nThe filing of papers with and the giving of testimony before the Commission\nshall be privileged, except where such filing of papers or giving of testimony\nis motivated or accompanied by actual malice. No other publication of such\npapers or proceedings shall be privileged in any action for defamation except\nthat (i) the record filed by the Commission with the Supreme Court, in support\nof a formal complaint filed therewith, continues to be privileged and (ii) a\nwriting which was privileged before its filing with the Commission shall not\nlose such privilege by such filing.\n\nHISTORY: 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 154, \u00a7 2.1-37.14; 2001, c. 844.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}