[1] 28 - Unlawful Accessing, Furnishing, or Receiving of Law Enforcement Records (Federal Charge)

Ref: CA PC 502 11075 11105 11142 // CVC 1818.45

Any person authorized to receive law enforcement records or information, who then knowingly furnishes or provides the record or information to a person who is not authorized to receive the record or information is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Any person who is not authorized to receive law enforcement records or information, who then knowingly receives, gains access to, or provides to another person, records or information is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Any person authorized to receive law enforcement records or information, who then knowingly uses this authority for personal gain or to fulfill personal business.

Misdemeanor

Sentence: 100 Seconds Fine: $25,000

Examples:

Providing or receiving confidential case/investigative material to civilians with malicious intent or without following a proper law enforcement information chain-of-custody and obtaining approval to release such information.

Checking the arrest record of your friend's new boyfriend on their behalf.

Disclosing the owner information of a vehicle to a random civilian that requests it.

Sitting in the driveway of your house and running every plate that drives by.

Checking your neighbors arrest record because you're curious about their history.

If someone would like a background check on another person for a Private Business, they may request a simplified version of an individuals record. This will be a general number of charges to their name, and how many charges are related to what category of crime. For example: Individual has 5 charges to their name. 3 are Violence related charges, 1 is a Vehicular related charge, and 1 is a Financial charge.