Penal Code section 13304

Any person, except those specifically referred to in Section 1070 of the Evidence Code, who, knowing he is not authorized by law to receive a record or information obtained from a record, knowingly buys, receives, or possesses the record or information is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Source: Section 13304, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=13304. (updated Jan. 1, 1975; accessed Jul. 27, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/penal_code_section_13304

Original Source: Section 13304, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=13304. (last accessed May 12, 2025).