Pen. Code, § 13101 · Article 1. Legislative Findings and Definitions
Pen. Code, § 13101
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
As used in this chapter, “criminal justice agencies” are those agencies at all levels of government which perform as their principal functions, activities which either:
(a) Relate to the apprehension, prosecution, adjudication, incarceration, or correction of criminal offenders; or
(b) Relate to the collection, storage, dissemination or usage of criminal offender record information.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 992.
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