Cal. Gov. Code § 1030
Disqualifications for Office or Employment
Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2011
A classifiable set of the fingerprints of every person who is now employed, or who hereafter becomes employed, as a peace officer of the state, or of a county, city, city and county or other political subdivision, whether with or without compensation, shall be furnished to the Department of Justice and to the Federal Bureau of Investigation by the sheriff, chief of police or other appropriate appointing authority of the agency by whom the person is employed.
This section shall not apply to any currently employed peace officer whose appointment antedates the effective date of this section and whose fingerprints have already been submitted by his appointing authority to the Department of Justice and to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(a) A law enforcement agency shall require a peace officer or a prospective peace officer, as designated under Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, to undergo a fingerprint-based state and national criminal history background check.
(b) A law enforcement agency shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related information for an individual specified in subdivision (a) who is subject to a state and national criminal history background check, pursuant to subdivision (u) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code. The Department of Justice shall provide a state- or federal-level response pursuant to subdivision (k) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code.
(c) As used in this section, “law enforcement agency” means a police or sheriff’s department, or any department or agency of the state or any political subdivision thereof that employs any peace officer, as designated as designated under Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.
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