California housing & land-use law
California 2 CCR § 12265. Prohibited Uses of Criminal History Information.
Title 2, California Code of Regulations (fair housing), as enacted — this section's verbatim text. The library holds selected sections of this code, not the whole code.
- Edition
- 2026-09-25 source snapshot
- Effective
- 2020-01-01
- Last updated
- 2026-09-25
- Jurisdiction
- California
§ 12265¶
Any practice of a person that includes seeking information about, consideration of, or use of criminal history information, as defined in Section 12264, is unlawful if:
(a) It has a discriminatory effect under Article 7, unless a legally sufficient justification applies under section 12266;
(b) It constitutes intentional discrimination under section 12267;
(c) It constitutes a discriminatory statement under section 12268; or
(d) It relates to practices specifically prohibited under section 12269.
Note: Authority cited: Section 12935(a), Government Code. Reference: Sections 12920, 12921, 12927, 12955 and 12955.8, Government Code.
- New section filed 9-16-2019; operative 1-1-2020 (Register 2019, No. 38).
Official source: California 2 CCR § 12265. Prohibited Uses of Criminal History Information..
Source snapshot retrieved: 2026-09-25T21:51:18.551750+00:00.
Publisher currency statement: This database is current through 9/11/26 Register 2026, No. 37.
Version dates (indexing metadata): Effective 2020-01-01; operative 2020-01-01.
Effective-date evidence (external official source, indexing metadata): This regulatory action becomes effective on 1/1/2020.
Evidence source: https://calcivilrights.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2019/09/NtcApproval-FairHousingRegulations.pdf
Applicability note (indexing metadata, not regulatory text): Review the applicable definitions, burdens of proof, exemptions, exceptions, causation, notice and procedural conditions in the source subsections. A screening criterion, housing advertisement, criminal record or land-use decision cannot be evaluated from dates alone. Read the regulations together with current state and federal statutes and any applicable local protections. This indexed version does not establish the text before its reviewed amendment date.