Penal Code section 13101

As used in this chapter, “criminal justice agencies” are those agencies at all levels of government which perform as their principal functions, activities which either:

(a)

Relate to the apprehension, prosecution, adjudication, incarceration, or correction of criminal offenders; or

(b)

Relate to the collection, storage, dissemination or usage of criminal offender record information.

Source: Section 13101, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=13101.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1973; accessed Jul. 21, 2025).

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