California Vehicle Code 1807.5 – (a) Notwithstanding Section 1808, any record of the department …
(a) Notwithstanding Section 1808, any record of the department of a conviction of Section 23103 as specified in Section 23103.5, or of a conviction of Section 23152 or 23153 which occurred before January 1, 1987, is not a public record on and after a date which is five years after the date of conviction of that offense, and the department shall, thereafter, make any information relating to that conviction available only to persons authorized by law to receive the information.
(b) For the purposes of this section, “persons authorized by law to receive the information” means any of the following:
Terms Used In California Vehicle Code 1807.5
- City: includes every city and city and county within this State. See California Vehicle Code 255
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- County: includes every county and city and county within this State. See California Vehicle Code 270
- Department: means the Department of Motor Vehicles except, when used in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 2100) of Division 2 and in Divisions 11 (commencing with Section 21000), 12 (commencing with Section 24000), 13 (commencing with Section 29000), 14 (commencing with Section 31600), 14. See California Vehicle Code 290
(1) The courts of the state.
(2) Peace officers, as defined in § 830.1 of the Penal Code; subdivision (a) of § 830.2 of the Penal Code; subdivisions (a), (b), and (j) of § 830.3 of the Penal Code; and subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of § 830.5 of the Penal Code.
(3) The Attorney General.
(4) District attorneys of any county within the state.
(5) Prosecuting city attorneys or city prosecutors of any city within the state.
(6) Probation officers of any city or county of the state.
(7) Parole officers of any city or county of the state.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 299, Sec. 4. (AB 1418) Effective January 1, 2018.)