California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 22 - Wards and Dependent Children—Records

• Section 825.
  The order and findings of the superior court in each case under the provisions of this chapter shall be entered in a suitable book or...
• Section 825.5.
  (a) The clerk of the superior court shall maintain court files and records concerning a minor dependent parent or a nonminor dependent parent of a child...
• Section 826.
  (a) After five years from the date on which the jurisdiction of the juvenile court over a minor is terminated, the probation officer may destroy all...
• Section 826.5.
  (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 826, at any time before a person reaches the age when his or her records are required to be destroyed,...
• Section 826.6.
  (a) Any minor who is the subject of a petition that has been filed in juvenile court to adjudge the minor a dependent child or a...
• Section 826.7.
  Juvenile case files that pertain to a child who died as the result of abuse or neglect shall be released by the custodian of records...
• Section 826.8.
  Notwithstanding Section 827 and in order to assist with establishing eligibility for programs or services, the State Department of Social Services may provide to a...
• Section 827.
  (a) (1) Except as provided in Section 828, a case file may be inspected only by the following:(A) Court personnel.(B) The district attorney, a city attorney, or city prosecutor...
• Section 827.1.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a city, county, or city and county may establish a computerized data base system within that city, county, or...
• Section 827.10.a.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 827, the child welfare agency is authorized to permit its files and records relating to a minor, who is the subject of either...
• Section 827.11.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure quality care for children and youth who are...
• Section 827.12.
  (a) (1) Records contained in a juvenile delinquency case file may be accessed by a law enforcement agency, probation department, court, the Department of Justice, or other...
• Section 827.15.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 827, whenever the juvenile court of a county has made a determination pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or (f) of Section 305.5 that...
• Section 827.2.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 827 or any other provision of law, written notice that a minor has been found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have...
• Section 827.5.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law except Sections 389 and 781 of this code and Section 1203.45 of the Penal Code, a law enforcement agency...
• Section 827.6.
  A law enforcement agency may release the name, description, and the alleged offense of any minor alleged to have committed a violent offense, as defined...
• Section 827.7.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 827 or any other provision of law, written notice that a minor has been found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have...
• Section 827.9.
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to reaffirm its belief that records or information gathered by law enforcement agencies relating to the taking of...
• Section 828.
  (a) Except as provided in Sections 389, 781, 786, and 827.9 of this code or Section 1203.45 of the Penal Code, any information gathered by a...
• Section 828.1.
  (a) While the Legislature reaffirms its belief that juvenile criminal records, in general, should be confidential, it is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this...
• Section 828.3.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, information relating to the taking of a minor into custody on the basis that he or she has committed...
• Section 829.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board of Prison Terms, in order to evaluate the suitability for release of a person before the board,...
• Section 830.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, members of a multidisciplinary personnel team engaged in the prevention, identification, management, or treatment of child abuse or neglect...
• Section 830.1.
  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...
• Section 831.
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to clarify that juvenile court records should remain confidential regardless of the juvenile’s immigration...
• Section 832.
  (a) (1) To promote more effective communication needed for the development of a plan to address the needs of the child or youth and family, a person...

Last modified: October 22, 2018