California Code, Government Code - GOV § 26616

Upon the application of a licensee under the Private Investigator and Adjuster Act (commencing with Section 7500 of the Business and Professions Code), the sheriff shall furnish such licensee with a report stating whether any employee, or proposed employee, of such licensee has ever been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude or the illegal possession of a dangerous weapon or of a felony;  provided, that the information contained in the sheriff's report to the applying licensee shall be only a statement of whether or not a conviction of such a crime has occurred.  The sheriff may charge a fee sufficient to cover the costs of furnishing such report.  The application shall include: