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California Government Code Section 6267

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All registration and circulation records of any library which
is in whole or in part supported by public funds shall remain
confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person, local agency,
or state agency except as follows:
   (a) By a person acting within the scope of his or her duties
within the administration of the library.
   (b) By a person authorized, in writing, by the individual to whom
the records pertain, to inspect the records.
   (c) By order of the appropriate superior court.
   As used in this section, the term "registration records" includes
any information which a library requires a patron to provide in order
to become eligible to borrow books and other materials, and the term
"circulation records" includes any information which identifies the
patrons borrowing particular books and other material.
   This section shall not apply to statistical reports of
registration and circulation nor to records of fines collected by the
library.

Last modified: January 12, 2009