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An employee of the local criminal justice agency who knowingly furnishes a record or information obtained from a record to a person who is not authorized by law to receive the record or information is guilty of a misdemeanor. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a public prosecutor from accessing and obtaining information from the public prosecutor's case management database to respond to a request for publicly disclosable information pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - California Code, Penal Code - PEN § 13302 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/penal-code/pen-sect-13302/
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