1. (a) No franchise holder, and no director, officer, employee, or agent of any franchise holder, who reports a suspicious transaction under this part, may notify any person involved in the transaction that the transaction has been reported, unless required to do so by applicable law or rules.
2. (b) Thus, any person subpoenaed or otherwise requested to disclose a SARC or the information contained in a SARC, except where such disclosure is requested by FinCEN or another appropriate law enforcement or regulatory agency, shall decline to produce the SARC or to provide any information that would disclose that a SARC has been prepared or filed, citing the requirements of Title 31 of the United States Code and shall notify FinCEN of any such request and its response thereto.
3. (c) A franchise holder, and any director, officer, employee, or agent of such franchise holder, that makes a report pursuant to this section, whether such report is required by this section or made voluntarily, shall be protected from liability for any disclosure contained in, or for failure to disclose the fact of, such report, or both, to the extent provided by Title 31 of the United States Code or other applicable law.

Codification Notes: “SARC” means Suspicious Activity Report by Casinos. "FinCEN" means the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Department of Treasury.