2006 Code of Virginia § 19.2-67 - Disclosure of information obtained by authorized means

19.2-67. Disclosure of information obtained by authorized means.

A. Any investigative or law-enforcement officer, or police officer of acounty or city, who, by any means authorized by this chapter, has obtainedknowledge of the contents of any wire, electronic or oral communication, orevidence derived therefrom, may disclose such contents to anotherinvestigative or law-enforcement officer, or police officer of a county orcity, to the extent that such disclosure is appropriate to the properperformance of the official duties of the officer making or receiving thedisclosure.

B. Any investigative or law-enforcement officer or police officer of a countyor city, who, by any means authorized by this chapter, has obtained knowledgeof the contents of any wire, electronic or oral communication or evidencederived therefrom may use such contents to the extent such use is appropriateto the proper performance of his official duties.

C. Any person who has received, by any means authorized by this chapter, anyinformation concerning a wire, electronic or oral communication, or evidencederived therefrom intercepted in accordance with the provisions of thischapter may disclose the contents of that communication or such derivativeevidence while giving testimony under oath or affirmation in any criminalproceeding for an offense specified in 19.2-66, or any conspiracy orattempt to commit the same, in any court of the United States or of any stateor in any federal or state grand jury proceeding.

D. No wire, electronic or oral communication which is a privilegedcommunication between the parties to the conversation which is intercepted inaccordance with, or in violation of, the provisions of this chapter shalllose its privileged character, nor shall it be disclosed or used in any way.

E. When an investigative or law-enforcement officer, or police officer of acounty or city, while engaged in intercepting wire, electronic or oralcommunications in the manner authorized herein, or observing or monitoringsuch interception intercepts, observes or monitors wire, electronic or oralcommunications relating to offenses other than those specified in the orderof authorization, the contents thereof, and evidence derived therefrom, shallnot be disclosed or used as provided in subsections A, B and C of thissection, unless such communications or derivative evidence relates to afelony, in which case use or disclosure may be made as provided insubsections A, B and C of this section. Such use and disclosure pursuant tosubsection C of this section shall be permitted only when approved by a judgeof competent jurisdiction where such judge finds, on subsequent application,that such communications were otherwise intercepted in accordance with theprovisions of this chapter. Violations of this subsection E shall bepunishable as provided in 19.2-62.

(Code 1950, 19.1-89.7; 1973, c. 442; 1975, c. 495; 1976, c. 231; 1979, c.602; 1983, c. 536; 1988, c. 889.)