California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 13101

Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 992.

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.

Cite this section

Cal. Pen. Code § 13101 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/pen/part-4-prevention-of-crimes-and-apprehension-of-criminals/title-3-criminal-statistics/chapter-2-criminal-offender-record-information/article-1-legislative-findings-and-definitions/section-13101

Other sections in Article 1 - Legislative Findings and Definitions

§ 13100§ 13100.1§ 13100.2§ 13101§ 13102§ 13103§ 13104

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