California Penal Code 13020 – It shall be the duty of every city marshal, chief of police, railroad …
It shall be the duty of every city marshal, chief of police, railroad and steamship police, sheriff, coroner, district attorney, city attorney and city prosecutor having criminal jurisdiction, probation officer, county board of parole commissioners, work furlough administrator, the Department of Justice, Health and Welfare Agency, Department of Corrections, Department of Youth Authority, Youthful Offender Parole Board, Board of Prison Terms, State Department of Health, Department of Benefit Payments, State Fire Marshal, Liquor Control Administrator, constituent agencies of the State Department of Investment, and every other person or agency dealing with crimes or criminals or with delinquency or delinquents, when requested by the Attorney General:
(a) To install and maintain records needed for the correct reporting of statistical data required by him or her.
Terms Used In California Penal Code 13020
- county: includes "city and county". See California Penal Code 7
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Penal Code 7
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the district and territories. See California Penal Code 7
(b) To report statistical data to the department at those times and in the manner that the Attorney General prescribes.
(c) To give to the Attorney General, or his or her accredited agent, access to statistical data for the purpose of carrying out this title.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 872, Sec. 126. Effective January 1, 1997.)