California Civil Code
§ 1798.40
CIV § 1798.40Div. 3 · Title 1.8 · Part 4 · Ch. 1 · Art. 8
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.govThis chapter shall not be construed to require an agency to disclose personal information to the individual to whom the information pertains, if the information meets any of the following criteria:
(a)Is compiled for the purpose of identifying individual criminal offenders and alleged offenders and consists only of identifying data and notations of arrests, the nature and disposition of criminal charges, sentencing, confinement, release, and parole and probation status.
(b)Is compiled for the purpose of a criminal investigation of suspected criminal activities, including reports of informants and investigators, and associated with an identifiable individual.
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Legislative history
Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 595, Sec. 18.