California · Penal Code

PEN §13303: Any person authorized by law to receive a record or information obtained from a record who knowingly furnishes the record or information to a person who is not authorized by law to receive the record

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person authorized to access records commits a misdemeanor if they knowingly give those records to someone not legally authorized to receive them.

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Any person authorized by law to receive a record or information obtained from a record who knowingly furnishes the record or information to a person who is not authorized by law to receive the record or information is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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