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Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 830.1
Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
Part of Article 22: Wards and Dependent Children—Records, California Welfare and Institutions Code.
Full text of Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 830.1
Statutory text current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of California.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, members of a juvenile justice multidisciplinary team engaged in the prevention, identification, and control of crime, including, but not limited to, criminal street gang activity, may disclose and exchange nonprivileged information and writings to and with one another relating to any incidents of juvenile crime, including criminal street gang activity, that may also be part of a juvenile court record or otherwise designated as confidential under state law if the member of the team having that information or writing reasonably believes it is generally relevant to the prevention, identification, or control of juvenile crime or criminal street gang activity. Every member of a juvenile justice multidisciplinary team who receives such information or writings shall be under the same privacy and confidentiality obligations and subject to the same penalties for violating those obligations as the person disclosing or providing the information or writings. The information obtained shall be maintained in a manner which ensures the protection of confidentiality. As used in this section, “nonprivileged information” means any information not subject to a privilege pursuant to Division 8 (commencing with Section 900) of the Evidence Code. As used in this section, “criminal street gang” has the same meaning as defined in Section 186.22 of the Penal Code. As used in this section, “multidisciplinary team” means any team of three or more persons, the members of which are trained in the prevention, identification, and control of juvenile crime, including, but not limited to, criminal street gang activity, and are qualified to provide a broad range of services related to the problems posed by juvenile crime and criminal street gangs. The team may include, but is not limited to: (a) Police officers or other law enforcement agents. (b) Prosecutors. (c) Probation officers. (d) School district personnel with experience or training in juvenile crime or criminal street gang control. (e) Counseling personnel with experience or training in juvenile crime or criminal street gang control. (f) State, county, city, or special district recreation specialists with experience or training in juvenile crime or criminal street gang control.
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