Chapter 3. Actions · Article 19.1. Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act · Last amended 2002 · Last verified July 16, 2026
In one sentenceSection 8.01-216.14 requires document production under a civil investigative demand to be certified under oath as complete, sets the place and deadline for making the material available for inspection and copying, and allows the recipient to substitute copies for originals by written agreement with the investigator.
Full Text of § 8.01-216.14
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The production of documentary material in response to a civil investigative demand served under this article shall be made under a sworn certificate, in such form as the demand designates, by (i) in the case of a natural person, the person to whom the demand is directed, or (ii) in the case of a person other than a natural person, a person having knowledge of the facts and circumstances relating to such production and authorized to act on behalf of such person. The certificate shall state that all of the documentary material required by the demand and in the possession, custody, or control of the person to whom the demand is directed has been produced and made available to the investigator identified in the demand.
Any person upon whom any civil investigative demand for the production of documentary material has been served shall make such material available for inspection and copying to the investigator identified in such demand at the principal place of business of such person, or at such other place as the investigator and the person thereafter may agree and prescribe in writing, or as the court may direct. Such material shall be made available on the return date specified in such demand, or on such later date as the investigator may prescribe in writing. Such person may, upon written agreement between the person and the investigator, substitute copies for originals of all or any part of such material.
Plain-English Summary
Section 8.01-216.14 sets the procedure for producing documents once a civil investigative demand has been served. Production must be accompanied by a sworn certificate, in the form the demand specifies, signed by the recipient personally if the recipient is a natural person, or, for any other kind of person, by someone who knows the relevant facts and is authorized to act on that person’s behalf. The certificate must state that all of the material the demand requires, and that is within the recipient’s possession, custody, or control, has been produced and made available to the investigator named in the demand.
The recipient must make the material available for inspection and copying at the recipient’s principal place of business, or at another location the investigator and the recipient later agree on, or wherever the court directs. The material must be available by the return date the demand specifies, or a later date the investigator prescribes in writing. By written agreement between the recipient and the investigator, the recipient may substitute copies for the originals of some or all of the material.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does someone certify compliance with a document demand?
With a sworn certificate, in the form the demand specifies, signed by the recipient if a natural person, or by a knowledgeable authorized representative if the recipient is an entity, stating that all of the required material has been produced.
Where must documents be made available for inspection under a civil investigative demand?
At the recipient’s principal place of business, unless the recipient and the investigator agree on another location, or the court directs otherwise.
Can copies be submitted instead of original documents?
Yes, if the recipient and the investigator agree to it in writing.
What if more time is needed than the demand’s return date allows?
The investigator can prescribe a later date in writing for the material to be made available.
Who signs the sworn certificate when the recipient is a business rather than an individual?
A person who has knowledge of the facts and circumstances relating to the production and is authorized to act on the business’s behalf.
Amendment History
2002, c. 842.
Source & verification. Section text and amendment history are
reproduced verbatim from the Code of Virginia, published by the
Code of Virginia, Virginia Division of Legislative Automated Systems. Last verified July 16, 2026.
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