Any information acquired pursuant to this article shall not be a part of any public record. Except as otherwise provided by law, any authorized governmental agency, an insurer, or an agent authorized by an insurer to act on its behalf, which receives any information furnished pursuant to this article, shall not release that information to public inspection until the time that its release is required in connection with a criminal or civil proceeding.

(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1119, Sec. 3.)

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Terms Used In California Insurance Code 1873.1

  • authorized governmental agency: means the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Insurance, the Department of Justice, the police department of a city, or a city and county, the sheriff's office or department of a county, the district attorney of any county, or city and county, those agencies employing officers designated in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 830. See California Insurance Code 1873.3
  • Insurer: includes the California FAIR Plan. See California Insurance Code 1875
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