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Cal. Penal Code § 841.5 (2026)

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(a)Except as otherwise required by Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 1054) of Title 7, or by the United States Constitution or the California Constitution, no law enforcement officer or employee of a law enforcement agency shall disclose to any arrested person, or to any person who may be a defendant in a criminal action, the address or telephone number of any person who is a victim or witness in the alleged offense.

(b)Nothing in this section shall impair or interfere with the right of a defendant to obtain information necessary for the preparation of his or her defense through the discovery process.

(c)Nothing in this section shall impair or interfere with the right of an attorney to obtain the address or telephone number of any person who is a victim of, or a witness to, an alleged offense where a client of that attorney has been arrested for, or may be a defendant in, a criminal action related to the alleged offense.

(d)Nothing in this section shall preclude a law enforcement agency from releasing the entire contents of an accident report as required by Section 20012 of the Vehicle Code.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2021–2022 · leading case: Shannon Hausey v. The City of Los Angeles (C.D. Cal. 2022).

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Shannon Hausey v. The City of Los Angeles (C.D. Cal. 2022). “received by the District 17 Attorney from the California State Department of Justice are objected to as 18 constituting a request for the production of Official Information, and as imposing 19 undue burden, annoyance, oppression and expense, by way of potential 20 misdemeanor…”

Samuel Nelson v. Cnty. of Los Angeles (C.D. Cal. 2022). “mation statements ("rap sheets") received by the County from the 9 California State Department of Justice are objected to as constituting a request 10 for the production of Official Information, and as imposing undue burden, 11 annoyance, oppression and expense, by way of…”

Silvia Galvan v. City of Los Angeles (C.D. Cal. 2021). “the District or 28 City Attorney from the California State Department of Justice are objected to as 1 constituting a request for the production of Official Information, and as imposing 2 undue burden, annoyance, oppression and expense, by way of potential 3 misdemeanor liability…”

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