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Manual of Policy and Procedures / Volume 3 - Policy and Ethics / Chapter 9 - Miscellaneous Administrative Procedures

3-09/090.30 - Exceptions to the Release of Information


3-09/090.25 - Release of Traffic Collision Reports
3-09/090.35 - Authority to Release Information

Pursuant to Government Code section 6254, information shall not be released in the following circumstances:

  • When disclosure of such information would endanger the successful completion of an investigation or a related investigation;
  • When disclosure of such information would endanger the safety of a person involved in an investigation; and
  • When disclosure of that portion of an investigation reflects the analysis of conclusions of the investigating officer.

Section 1798.24 of the California Civil Code mandates that information contained in Department of Motor Vehicle files shall not be released except to properly identified members of the following:

  • Enforcement officers of federal, state, County and municipal policing agencies;
  • Authorized personnel of the Probation Department, District Attorney's Office, parole officers of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the California Youth Authority and regularly employed parole officers of duly constituted governmental agencies;
  • Investigative agencies of the Armed Forces of the United States; and
  • Representatives of any County agency in the performance of duties enjoined upon them by the Vehicle Code or by County ordinance.