California · Government Code

GOV §7922.200: (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, in order to protect against the risk of identity theft, a local agency shall redact social security numbers from a record before disclosing the record to

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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, in order to protect against the risk of identity theft, a local agency shall redact social security numbers from a record before disclosing the record to the public pursuant to this division. (b) Nothing in this division shall be construed to require a local agency to disclose a social security number. (c) This section does not apply to a record maintained by a county recorder.

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