California legal term
Criminal history provider in California Criminal Law
Current through 2026 California legislative session
In California criminal law, “Criminal history provider” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the California criminal code.
What does “Criminal history provider” mean in California criminal law?
“Criminal history provider” means a person or entity that is not a criminal justice agency and that provides background screening services or criminal history information on identified individuals to the public or to those outside the criminal justice sector upon request, charge, or pursuant to a contractual agreement or that aggregates into databases that are open to the public or to those outside the criminal justice sector upon request or charge, or pursuant to a contractual agreement, that are not created or maintained by a criminal justice agency, criminal history information on identifie (Cal. Penal Code § 851.92)
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