92 STAT. 3698
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PUBLIC LAW 95-630—NOV. 10, 1978 from a financial institution unless the financial records are reasonably described and— (1) such customer has authorized such disclosure in accordance with section 1104; (2) such financial records are disclosed in response to an administrative subpena or summons which meets the requirements of section 1105; (3) such financial records are disclosed in response to a search warrant which meets the requirements of section 1106; (4) such financial records are disclosed in response to a judicial subpena which meets the requirements of section 1107; or (5) such financial records are disclosed in response to a formal written request which meets the requirements of section 1108. CONFIDEXTIALTTY
12 USC 3403.
OF RECORDS—FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS
SEC. 1103. (a) No financial institution, or officer, employees, or agent of a financial institution, may provide to any Government authority access to or copies of, or the information contained in, the financial records of any customer except in accordance with the provisions of this title. (b) A financial institution shall not release the financial records of a customer until the Government authority seeking such records certifies in writing to the financial institution that it has complied v,'ith the applicable provisions of this title. (c) Nothing in this title shall preclude any financial institution, or any officer, employee, or agent of a financial institution, from notifying a Government authority that such institution, or officer, employee, or agent has information which may be relevant to a possible violation of any statute or regulation. (d)(1) Nothing in this title shall preclude a financial institution, as an incident to perfecting a security interest, proving a claim in bankruptcy, or otherwise collecting on a debt owing either to the financial institution itself or in its role as a fiduciary, from providing copies of any financial record to any court or Government authority. (2) Nothing in this title shall preclude a financial institution, as an incident to processing an application for assistance to a customer in the form of a Government loan, loan guaranty, or loan insurance agreement, or as an incident to processing a default on, or administering, a Government guaranteed or insured loan, from initiating contact with an appropriate Government authority for the purpose of providing any financial record necessary to permit such authority to carry out its responsibilities under a loan, loan guaranty, or loan insurance agreement. CUSTOMER AUTHORIZATIONS
12 USC 3404.
SEC. 1104. (a) A customer may authorize disclosure under section 1102(1) if he furnishes to the financial institution and to the Government authority seeking to obtain such disclosure a signed and dated statement which— (1) authorizes such disclosure for a period not in excess of three months; 111 - ! • J (2) states that the customer may revoke such authorization at any time before the financial records are disclosed; (3) identifies the financial records which are authorized to be disclosed;
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