California · Penal Code

PEN §11117: The Department of Justice shall prescribe and furnish the procedures and forms to be used for the disposition and other reports required in this article and in Sections 13151 and 13152.

Civil

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The Department of Justice must create procedures and forms for disposition reports and add them to criminal records. These reports are not admissible as evidence in civil actions.

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The Department of Justice shall prescribe and furnish the procedures and forms to be used for the disposition and other reports required in this article and in Sections 13151 and 13152. The department shall add the reports received to all appropriate criminal records. Neither the reports required in this article nor those required in Sections 13151 and 13152 shall be admissible in evidence in any civil action.

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