2019 California Code
Penal Code - PEN
PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS
TITLE 3 - CRIMINAL STATISTICS
CHAPTER 2 - Criminal Offender Record Information
ARTICLE 5 - Access to Information
Section 13202.
(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (g) of Section 11105 and subdivision (a) of Section 13305, every public agency or bona fide research body immediately concerned with the prevention or control of crime, the quality of criminal justice, or the custody or correction of offenders may be provided with criminal offender record information, including criminal court records, as required for the performance of its duties, provided that any material identifying individuals is not transferred, revealed, or used for purposes other than research or statistical activities and reports or publications derived therefrom do not identify specific individuals, and provided that the agency or body pays the cost of the processing of the data, as determined by the Attorney General. A person shall not be denied information pursuant to this section solely on the basis of that person’s criminal record unless the person has been convicted of a felony or another offense that involves moral turpitude, dishonesty, or fraud.
(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2020.
(Repealed (in Sec. 5) and added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 581, Sec. 6. (AB 1331) Effective January 1, 2020. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)
