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TITLE 1. GENERAL 100-7931.000›DIVISION 10. ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS 7920.000-7931.000›PART 5. SPECIFIC TYPES OF PUBLIC RECORDS 7923.600-7929.610›CHAPTER 1. Crimes, Weapons, and Law Enforcement 7923.600-7923.805›ARTICLE 2. Obtaining Access to Law Enforcement Records 7923.650-7923.655

§ 7923.655

California Government Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

(a) A state or local law enforcement agency shall not require a victim of an incident, or an authorized representative of a victim, to show proof of the victim’s legal presence in the United States in order to obtain the information required to be disclosed by that law enforcement agency pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 7923.600).

(b) If, for identification purposes, a state or local law enforcement agency requires a victim of an incident, or an authorized representative of a victim, to provide identification in order to obtain information required to be disclosed by that law enforcement agency pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 7923.600), the agency shall at a minimum accept any of the following:

(1) A current driver’s license or identification card issued by any state in the United States.

(2) A current passport issued by the United States or a foreign government with which the United States has a diplomatic relationship.

(3) A current Matricula Consular card.

(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 614, Sec. 2. (AB 473) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 7931.000.)

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