{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-31a-2b-4","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 31A-2B-4","heading":"Protected financial information.","body":"A financial institution is prohibited from disclosing a customer’s protected financial information to a government entity and a government entity is prohibited from accessing or obtaining said information unless:\n(1) Disclosure is expressly permitted by §31A-2A-4 of this code and the protected financial information is not singled out, segregated, or disclosed based on the assignment of a firearms code;\n(2) Disclosure is made pursuant to a valid warrant issued in a criminal investigation, stating the grounds or probable cause for its issuance, and otherwise meeting the requirements of §62-1A-3 of this code;\n(3) The customer has provided written authorization for disclosure, according to the requirements of §31A-2B-5 of this code;\n(4) Disclosure is made pursuant to a subpoena meeting the requirements of §31A-2A-5 and §31A-2B-6 of this code or to a grand jury subpoena meeting the requirements of §31A-2A-6 of this code; or\n(5) The financial institution discloses only the following information:\n(A) That the financial institution is not in possession of the protected financial information; and\n(B) The identity of the entity that is in possession of the requested protected financial information.","path":["CHAPTER 31A. BANKS AND BANKING.","ARTICLE 2B. THE SECOND AMENDMENT FINANCIAL PRIVACY ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/31A-2B-4/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:27:54Z","sha256":"0b130df67b8a0ceaebe6be9e1054b19677214e6a10b8bf24490f3b6474457dfc","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-31a-2b-3","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-31a-2b-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}