The willful, unauthorized disclosure of information from any department record to any person, or the use of any false representation to obtain information from a department record or any use of information obtained from any department record for a purpose other than the one stated in the request or the sale or other distribution of the information to a person or organization for purposes not disclosed in the request is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or both fine and imprisonment.
Cal. Veh. Code § 1808.45
Records of Department
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 130 Cal. App. 4th 1264 - Gilbert v. City of Sunnyvale (2005)
Most recently applied in 242 Cal. App. 4th 475 - County of Los Angeles v. Superior Court (November 2015)
Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1213, Sec. 7.
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