533.108 - RECORDS OF CREDIT UNION DIVISION.
533.108 RECORDS OF CREDIT UNION DIVISION. 1. a. Records of the credit union division are public records subject to the provisions of chapter 22, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. b. Papers, documents, writings, reports, reports of examinations and other information relating specifically to the supervision and regulation of a specific state credit union or of other persons by the superintendent pursuant to the laws of this state are not public records and shall not be open for examination or copying by the public or for examination or publication by the news media. The superintendent or an employee of the credit union division shall not disclose such information in any manner to any person other than the person examined, except as otherwise authorized by this section. 2. a. The superintendent or an employee of the credit union division shall not be subpoenaed in any cause or proceeding to give testimony concerning papers, documents, writings, reports, reports of examinations, or other information relating to the supervision and regulation of a specific state credit union or persons by the superintendent pursuant to the laws of this state. b. The papers, documents, writings, reports, reports of examinations, and other information of the credit union division that relate to the supervision and regulation of a specific state credit union or persons shall not be offered in evidence in a court or be subject to subpoena by a party, except when relevant in the following matters: (1) In actions or proceedings brought by the superintendent. (2) In matters in which an interested and proper party seeks review of a decision of the superintendent. (3) In actions or proceedings that arise out of the criminal provisions of the laws of this state or of the United States. (4) In actions brought as shareholder derivative suits against a credit union by a member who has acquired an ownership share. (5) In actions brought to recover moneys or to recover upon an indemnity bond for embezzlement, misappropriation, or misuse of credit union funds. 3. a. Information, records, and documents utilized for the purpose of, or in the course of, investigation, regulation, or examination of a specific credit union, received by the credit union division from some other governmental entity that treats such information, records, and documents as confidential, are confidential and shall not be disclosed by the division and are not subject to subpoena. b. Information, records, and documents under paragraph "a" do not constitute a public record subject to examination and copying under chapter 22. c. The superintendent may exchange with governmental regulatory officials confidential information, records, and documents that are not a public record subject to examination and copying under chapter 22 provided that the other officials are subject to, or agree to comply with, standards of confidentiality comparable to those contained in this section.
Section History: Recent Form 2007 Acts, ch 174, §8