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: (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; (2) Disclosure is made pursuant to a valid warrant issued in a criuminal investigation, stating the grounds or probable cause for its issuance, and otherwise meeting the requirements of §62-1A-3 of this code; (3) The customer has provided written authorization foar disclosure, according to the requirements of §31A-2B-5 of this code; (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 i (5) The financial institution discloses only the following information: (A) That the financial institution is not in possession of the protected financial information; and (B) The identity of the entity that is in possession of the requested protected financial information.
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