California · Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC

WIC §6603.5: No employee or agent of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Board of Parole Hearings, or the State Department of State Hospitals shall disclose to any person, except to employees or

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

Department employees cannot disclose identifying information of sex offense victims in civil commitment hearings, except to authorized parties like prosecutors, defense counsel, and investigators.

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No employee or agent of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Board of Parole Hearings, or the State Department of State Hospitals shall disclose to any person, except to employees or agents of each named department, the prosecutor, the respondent’s counsel, licensed private investigators hired or appointed for the respondent, or other persons or agencies where authorized or required by law, the name, address, telephone number, or other identifying information of a person who was involved in a civil commitment hearing under this article as the victim of a sex offense except where authorized or required by law.

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