scratch code for this issue

app/Models/Asset.php

@@ -213,6 +213,15 @@ class Asset extends Depreciable
         $this->attributes['expected_checkin'] = $value;
     }
 
+    public function withValidator($validator)
+    {
+        foreach ($this->customFields as $field) {
+            if ($field->isEncrypted()) {
+                Crypt::decrypt($this->value);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * This handles the custom field validation for assets
      *

app/Models/CustomFieldset.php

@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ class CustomFieldset extends Model
                     $rule[] = 'unique_undeleted';
             }
 
+            if ($field->hasFormat() && $field->isEncrypted()) {
+                $rule[] = $rule.'-encrypted';
+            }
+
             array_push($rule, $field->attributes['format']);
             $rules[$field->db_column_name()] = $rule;