California Evidence Code

§ 1040

EVID § 1040 Effective Jun 24, 2015Div. 8 · Ch. 4 · Art. 9

Statute text

(a)As used in this section, “official information” means information acquired in confidence by a public employee in the course of his or her duty and not open, or officially disclosed, to the public prior to the time the claim of privilege is made.

(b)A public entity has a privilege to refuse to disclose official information, and to prevent another from disclosing official information, if the privilege is claimed by a person authorized by the public entity to do so and either of the following apply:

(1)Disclosure is forbidden by an act of the Congress of the United States or a statute of this state.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 20, Sec. 1. (SB 79) Effective June 24, 2015.