California Penal Code
§ 146g
PEN § 146g Effective Jan 1, 2008Title 7 · Part 1 · Ch. 7
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.gov(a)Any peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2, any employee of a law enforcement agency, any attorney as defined in Section 6125 of the Business and Professions Code employed by a governmental agency, or any trial court employee as defined in Section 71601 of the Government Code, who does either of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000):
(1)Discloses, for financial gain, information obtained in the course of a criminal investigation, the disclosure of which is prohibited by law.
(2)Solicits, for financial gain, the exchange of information obtained in the course of a criminal investigation, the disclosure of which is prohibited by law.
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Legislative history
Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 401, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.