First Adopted: January 29, 1998
Most Recently Effective: January 01, 2012
Rule 2 | Canon 3 | A Judge Shall Conduct the Judge's Personal and Extrajudicial Activities to Minimize the Risk of Conflict with the Obligations of Judicial Office
2- 3. 5 | Use of Nonpublic Information
A judge shall not knowingly disclose or use nonpublic information acquired in a judicial capacity for any purpose unrelated to the judge’s judicial duties.
Comment
[1] In the course of performing judicial duties, a judge may acquire information of commercial or other value that is unavailable to the public. The judge must not reveal or use such information for personal gain or for any purpose unrelated to his or her judicial duties.
[2] This Rule 2-3.5 is not intended, however, to affect a judge’s ability to act on information as necessary to protect the health or safety of the judge or a member of a judge’s family, court personnel, other judicial officers, or members of the public, if consistent with other provisions of this code.
(Adopted January 29, 1998, effective January 1, 1999. Amended November 25, 2003, effective January 1, 2004; amended July 20, 2011, effective January 1, 2012.)