Section 383:10-b Confidential Information.
All records of investigations and reports of examinations by the banking department, including any duly authenticated copy or copies thereof in the possession of any institution under the supervision of the bank commissioner, shall be confidential communications, shall not be subject to subpoena and shall not be made public unless, in the judgment of the commissioner, the ends of justice and the public advantage will be subserved by the publication thereof. The commissioner may furnish to the federal supervisory authorities and to independent insuring funds which he deems qualified such information and reports relating to the institutions under his supervision as he deems best. On motion for discovery filed in any court of competent jurisdiction, in aid of any pending action, the court, after hearing the parties, may order the production of such records, investigations and reports for use in such action whenever it is found that justice so requires, subject to such reasonable safeguards imposed by the court as may be necessary to prevent use by unauthorized persons or publicity of irrelevant portions thereof.
Source. 1965, 52:1. 1983, 194:1, eff. Aug. 14, 1983.